Sukkos: Everyone Can Be Here - The 5 Towns Jewish Times
When Hillel the Elder would celebrate the Simchas Bais HaShoeiva, he would say: ‘If I am here, everyone is here; if I am not here, who is here? (TB Succah 53a) This apparently egotistical statement would be surprising coming from anyone’s mouth; it is astounding to hear it from Hillel, a man who was widely lauded for […]
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