Friends
Tonight the full moon of fall will rise and shine over the Jewish holiday of Sukkot - the holy huts erected outdoors for the week-long festival.
This holiday, with biblical origins, was once one of the three central pilgrimages of the Jewish year, and these days is celebrated as the final beat of the High Holy Days.
What is all about? Fragility:
“Only those who know the fragility of life can truly appreciate the full preciousness of every moment. The release from Yom Kippur leads to the extraordinary outburst of life that is Sukkot. On this holiday, Jews are commanded to eat, drink, be happy, dance, and relish life to the fullest, and never forget those who are in need.”
Rabbi Irving Yitz Greenberg
I invite you to read more from Rabbi Greenberg’s reflection on this holiday, in this post from the archives of Below the Bible Belt that explores why this holy day includes a commandment to be happy.
Check it out below.
https://amichailaulavie.substack.com/p/happiness-happens
Happiness Happens
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I get “Happy Holidays' ' a lot these days from neighbors who know I’m Jewish and honor our sacred New Year season with a sweet greeting - even as it’s borrowed from December. American culture uses ‘happy’ a lot when it comes to holidays or birthday wishes - but the single original Jewish holy day on which we are actually ‘commanded’ to be happy -- …
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Wishing us all Shabbat Shalom and a happy hopeful holiday of Sukkot
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Amichai
“Only those who know the fragility of life can truly appreciate the full preciousness of every moment." Ahmayn. 🙏
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