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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

סכות

סכות
                We just finished the most important part of the Jewish year, Elul. We have now entered זמן שמחתנו, the time of happiness. The question is why is סכות such a happy time? We leave the comfort of our houses to go live in a hut, why is that such a שמכה?
                We all know that a סוכה needs to be a temporary dwelling. When we move into a community and decide that we want to stay and build a life there what is the first thing we do? The first thing that most people do is search for a house to live in so that they can establish themselves in that community. When you buy a house you ROOT yourself into the community. On סכות we are showing that we as a people, no matter where we live are not a people who are rooted in the community that we live, we are rooted in our heritage and in עולם הבא. Our real connection is up above.
This is also the שמכה that we have. We are showing that we are not a people who are rooted in the physical world. Yes, we are allowed to have a good life, work hard, make money, etc… But at the end of the day we are a spiritual people, connected to ה' and because of this we know that we have limitless potential.
Have an Awesome Chag
Yoni Spigelman

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