Dear students, As we prepare for Sukkot, I want to give you a first doorway into the festival while the full Torah University course is being completed. Our classroom on Skool will soon have a ten module Sukkot course with Hebrew and English sources, short checks, images, lectures and guided assignments. More features are also rolling out at torahuniversity.info. The Torah asks us to dwell in sukkot for seven days so that later generations remember the journey after the Exodus (Leviticus 23:42–43). A sukkah is a temporary dwelling under the open sky. Its walls must be secure and its roof, called sechach, comes from suitable plant material detached from the ground. Those are starting principles, not a complete construction ruling. If you are building one, please check the practical details with a qualified rabbi. The Four Species bring together an etrog (citron), lulav (palm), hadasim (myrtle) and aravot (willow). They invite us to notice that festival joy is something we practice with our bodies and with one another. In the mystical tradition, the sukkah is described as a shelter of faith, and the writings associated with the Arizal explore the Four Species through the language of the sefirot. We will study those interpretations carefully alongside the Torah and Mishnah, rather than treating one symbol as the whole story. A question for our Beit Midrash: What changes when we leave a permanent room and study, eat or welcome someone in a temporary dwelling? Our regular classes resume after the holiday on Monday, October 5 at 5:30 PM Pacific / 8:30 PM Eastern. Meanwhile, watch this community and the classroom for the complete course. Primary text: https://www.sefaria.org/Leviticus.23.39-43 Sukkah basics: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/609535/jewish/What-Is-a-Sukkah.htm Mystical reading: https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/1505051/jewish/Origin-of-4-Species.htm

We’re launching a new leadership pathway called the TU House Program. The idea is simple: if you’re a serious Torah University student who wants to build a Torah community, you won’t have to create an institution from scratch. We’ll train you to establish your own online TU House—something like TU House Toronto. Central TU provides the curriculum, branding, social-media system, leadership training, enrollment infrastructure, guidance, and continuing supervision. You begin by sharing what you’re learning and gradually building an audience. Once you’re trained and officially approved, you can gather a small group, facilitate approved Torah learning, and grow your House. Students enroll through Central TU, and you receive a recurring share of the tuition for building and serving your community. You don’t need a building or thousands of followers. You need consistency, responsibility, and the desire to build. Torah University creates the architecture. You build the House.