Rabbi Moshe Haber- The Sukkah: Embrace, Shade, and Spirituality 10.5.25
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The Sukkah: Embrace, Shade, and Spirituality
The text, an excerpt from an audio recording, provides an interpretation of the holiday of Sukkot and the spiritual meaning of the Sukkah structure, asserting that it is an underrated and highly spiritual place called the "shade of Hashem." The explanation focuses on the requirement that the Sukkah have more shade than sun, interpreting this literally and figuratively as choosing to be in God's hands rather than relying on nature or materialism. This theme is further explored through a complex narrative about a wealthy rabbi debating whether to give up his business for full-time Torah study, where his questions about covering the Sukkah metaphorically relate to moving out of the "sun" of wealth and into the "shade" of divine devotion. Ultimately, the Sukkah represents accepting an unsteady, volatile, yet comforting world guided by Hashem's embrace, contrasting it with the perceived automatic steadiness of nature and material income.
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