Shabbos Chol Hamoed Succos
Happiness through Holiness
From the Haftorah Series

In Jewish tradition, the cataclysmic war between Gog and Magog will take place during Succos, so Ezekiel’s harrowing description is the Haftorah for Shabbos Chol Ha Moed. Though we do not know the year it will be fought, the prophet teaches that it will devastate the enemies of Israel while purifying the Land and its people. Comparing the prophet’s vision of war to the wars over the State of Israel, Rabbi Wein delivers a disquieting message that every Jew must nonetheless heed.