SUPER Full Moon 23° Aries
October 16, 2016
This kicks off three straight months of supermoons - you can also catch them on Nov. 14 and Dec. 14. The November moon is set to be a real show-stopper: According to NASA, it is "not only the closest full moon of 2016 but also the closest full moon to date in the 21st century." It won't be this close to Earth again until 2034. Read more ...
October 16-23, 2016 - Sukkot, Feast of Booths and Tabernacles
The sukkah is intended as a reminiscence of the type of fragile dwellings in which the Israelites lived during their 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. Throughout the holiday meals are eaten inside the sukkah and many sleep there as well.