Sukkot: Basking in Our Impermanence
As echoed in Kohelet and the use of the temporary structure, the sukkah, on Sukkot, we bask in our impermanence.
Rabbi Benjamin Barer
As echoed in Kohelet and the use of the temporary structure, the sukkah, on Sukkot, we bask in our impermanence.
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Besides dwelling in a sukkah, the other significant mitzvah of Sukkot is the taking up of the arba·ah minim, literally “the four species.”
While celebrating Sukkot at home, rituals include lighting candles, sitting in the sukkah, and customs related to the sukkah.
On the mornings of Sukkot, Shacharit and Musaf follow the standard festival format. The lulav and etrog should be shaken.
The intermediate days of Sukkot, the weekdays, combine some features of festival days and normal weekdays to create wholly unique day.
Sukkot, one of the shalosh r’galim, the three pilgrimage festivals is celebrated five days after Yom Kippur.
The sukkah for Sukkot has some very basic requirements, but beyond these rules its construction is left to one’s imagination and creativity.
Living in the Sukkah can mean just living in an outdoor hut for a week, but it can also bring so much more meaning into your life.