Rabbi Avi Geller - The Essence of Sukkot

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The topic of today's lecture is the essence of Sukkot. The holiday of Sukkot. We talked about Yom Kippur . We talked about Rash Shana. And now we move on to the crown. So, Sukkot is the crown of the Jewish year. You know, in Judaism we don't just honor events that happened in the past. You know, in America they like to celebrate Washington's birthday, Lincoln's birthday , Independence Day. If the holiday doesn't fall on a convenient day of the week , you postpone it to Monday. Have a nice long weekend. Right. Right. But in Judaism, the concept is to relive the events. Right. Uh, the Passover Haggadah says that a person should, uh, a person should see themselves as if they personally left personally left Egypt, right? We are not just talking about the bitterness in Egypt. You burn your mouth with horseradish, don't you? You're not talking about traveling in the desert. You leave home for a week. We stay up all night to experience the truth, to experience the revelation at Sinai. Some Jews from Sfart have a nice custom: they knock on doors in the middle of the night. Someone comes in, carrying a bag behind their back . What is your destination? I'm going to Israel. Where are you from? From Mitsym. We'll put the matches on their We'll put the matches on their shoulders and they'll walk around the table. They stage a whole scene to bring it to life. Right ? So, in Judaism, we don't just commemorate events, we actually experience them. The Jewish year can be compared to someone traveling by train, and each holiday is a stop on the train. And every holiday has a theme that we encounter. Roshashan, the topic is rejuvenation. Start over. The beginning of the topic is repentance. The theme is joy. The dog, the theme is

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