The haftarah for Hol Hamoed Sukkot, taken from the prophet Ezekiel (38:18-39:16), is unlike any other. It is the stirring, unsettling vision of the cataclysmic battle of Gog and Magog – the ultimate confrontation between Israel and the nations at the end of days.With almost cinematic force, Ezekiel describes how vast armies will gather against Jerusalem, only to be struck down by divine wrath: “I will punish him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and