From Inside to Outside: Yom Kippur and Sukkot

Sukkot follows almost immediately after Yom Kippur and both share in the atmosphere of Tishrei – one of soul-searching, gazing at the year gone by, atonement, and looking towards the future. Still, as we know, these festivals are very different in essence, mood, and in the laws that characterize them.

In this article I suggest that the two holidays sit at opposite poles of single continuum: one that stretches from inwardness to outwardness.