Sukkot: Finding Joy in Uncertain Times (Re-release)

As Sukkot begins, Mijal and Noam revisit a favorite episode about what it really means to live with fragility and joy. From stepping into temporary huts to Rabbi Nachman’s teaching to “always be in a state of joy,” they explore how Judaism reframes happiness—not as comfort or control, but as presence, purpose, and connection.

Mijal Bitton: ⁠Committed by Mijal Bitton | Substack⁠ (mijal.substack.com)

Martin Seligman: ⁠Pursuit of Happiness⁠ (pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/…)

Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz (Harvard study on happiness): ⁠The Good Life⁠ (amazon.com/Good-Life-Lessons-Scientific-Happin…)

Noam Weissman's Jewish Journal article about Sukkot: ⁠Living in the Joy of Sukkot⁠ (jewishjournal.com/cover_story/239185/living-jo…)

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