Sukkot: Gog’s Impervious Roof Versus Israel’s Flimsy Thatched Sukkah (The following is in the main an adaptation of Rabbi S. R. Hirsch’s commentary on the Pentateuch). Lev. 23:34 – Speak to the people of Israel, saying, the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Booths for seven days to the Lord. Rabbi S.R. Hirsch (Num. 29:13) notes that the prophetic portions of foretelling apocalyptic wars of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel Ch. 38, 39) are read on the festival of

Parshat Eikev – Whipped-Up Anger The root ketzef(קצף) appears in Parashat Eikev more times than in any other Parsha, as follows: Moses reminds the Jews: “Remember, do not forget how you הִקְצַפְתָּ Hashem your God in the Wilderness; from the day you exited the Land of Egypt until your arrival at this place, you have been rebels against Hashem” (Deut. 9:7). “At Horeb, you הִקְצַפְתֶּם Hashem and Hashem became angry with you to destroy you” (Deut. 9:9). Then, when telling about