As we approach Sukkos, there is a beautiful message in the mitzvah of sitting in the sukkah.
For an entire week, we leave the security of our homes and move into a temporary dwelling. The walls are simple, the roof is made of s’chach, and yet Sukkos is specifically called Zman Simchaseinu—the time of our joy.
The sukkah reminds us that our true security does not come from strong walls or from feeling that everything is under our control. It comes from Hashem.
The sukkah also reminds us of the Ananei HaKavod, the Clouds of Glory that surrounded and protected Klal Yisrael in the Midbar. They had no permanent homes and did not know exactly what the journey ahead would bring, yet they were constantly surrounded by Hashem’s protection.
Sukkos asks us to carry that same emunah into the new year.
We spend so much time planning, worrying, and trying to create certainty. Then we sit beneath the s’chach and remember that, ultimately, we are in Hashem’s hands.
Perhaps that is part of the simchah of Sukkos. True simchah does not come from knowing that everything will happen exactly as we planned. It comes from knowing that whatever the year brings, we are never outside of Hashem’s care.
May we merit to enter the sukkah with true simchah, feel Hashem’s protection surrounding us, and carry that sense of emunah and closeness with us throughout the year.
May Hashem bless all of Klal Yisrael with a year of health, peace, brachah, yeshuos, besoros tovos, and true simchah.
Names for Refuah Shleimah
Maxim Yehuda ben Yaffa
Aaron ben Shamsi
Rachamim Sasson ben Bracha
Yechiel HaLevi ben Rochel
Chizkiyahu Dov ben Shoshana
Kayhan Ilan ben Biyhay Chana
Shmaryahu ben Raizel Shoshana Miriam
Yosef Baruch ben Naomi Esther
Aharon ben Chana
Yosef Chaim ben Devorah Leah
Noach Gabriel Tzvi ben Tzipora
Ella Imashom bas Tzipora demikre Sveta
Heleni Orna bas Chen Chana
Esther Hadassah bas Devora
Fruma bas Raizel Shoshana Miriam
Adina Sorah bas Nechama Hinda
Bella Yafa bas Asya
Chaya Nechama bas Sara Malka
Esther bas Sara
For the Protection of Our Chayalim
Shalom ben Aviva
Idan ben Miriam
Chen ben Rachel
Chamra ben Tamar
Erez ben Meirav
Matan ben Nitza
Dani ben Yevgenia
Nevo ben Yafit
Amit ben Yael
Or ben Ronit
Uri ben Rachel
Maayan ben Sagit
Yarden ben Ayala
Netanel ben Avraham ben Nechemia Simcha
Oded Ephraim ben Vivian
Chaim Idan ben Inbal
Ro’i Chaim ben Meirav
Avihu Rafael ben Anat
Chaim Daniel ben Hodiya
Itai ben Chana
David ben Ziva
Eran Rafael ben Elka
Yinon ben Karina Yehudit
Itai Rafael ben Rotem
Yehonatan ben Adisa
Shlomo Yitzchak ben Rachel
Eliya ben Ravit
David ben Chaya
Yosef ben Shoshana
David Michael ben Chana Anna
Ro’i ben Tali
Menachem David Chai ben Miriam
Moshe Chaim ben Keren
Yaakov Yisrael ben Varda
Itamar Menachem ben Naomi Heniya
Malachi Yekutiel ben Hila Dafna
Ofir Rafael ben Liora
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