Succos - Shade and Protection

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with ari goldwag recorded with hashem's neverending assistance in roma in michigan 57 2020. this week's parsha we don't have a parsha but we do have a wonderful holiday called sukis i'd like to share with you a thought in regards to the sukkah that special booth that we enter we leave our homes we enter into this area the shade of hashem the shade of our faith in hashem what is the idea behind the sukkah what is the idea of the obligation to sit in the sukkah what is the idea of the gemara in sukkah and aleph tells us that the sukkah and it brings the verse we'll see that verse inside shortly that there's a verse in ushaya and isaiah that tells us that the sukkah needs to provide shade for us the shade of our belief the shade the kantha shrina the divine wings as it were which protect us just like they did in the times of the midbar let's see the plastic it tells us that more tells us there's an obligation to sit in the circle for seven days all of the inhabitants of the land of israel all citizens of israel have an obligation to to dwell in a sukkah in a booth why do we have to do this what's the idea behind it the verse tells us your generations should know that i sat you in success with trying the jewish people they dwelled in booths as they left egypt and on my base tells us that it's not so simple that they sat in booths we're not specifically commemorating the booths in fact we're passion that it's not just booths it's not just these little huts that they slept in that they lived in but rather it was the annan the divine presence which was represented by the clouds of glory that hashem put upon the jewish people which protected them which paved the way for them protected them from all of the dangers of the wilderness from the rain from the sun that's what we are commemorating as we walk into our sukkah there's an obligation that the sukkah that we sit in and this that covers it has to provide us with shade this is the essential component of the sukkah is the concept of shade what is the idea of shade what does it mean that we sit in the shade of the sukkot what is the concept so i'd like to share with you an amazing amazing thing amazing idea the gemaran sukkah tells us very interesting if your sukkah is too high if your sukkah is more than 20 almost high about between 20 and 30 feet maybe 40 feet high right if it's so high so then it's not going to be kosher kumar has a few different opinions why is it that it can't be so high but one opinion is because you're a sukkah the main concept of sukkah the word suka comes from the word means the covering the top the roof that you place upon your sukkah and that has to provide the shade and now if the if the roof of your silk is too high so then the is not providing the shade the walls are providing the shade number brings up it says we mentioned earlier the sukkah shall be a shade from the day from the hot sun so in order for the sukkah to be able to be a shade there's to be a shade so now we need it to be a certain height it can't be too high the kumara address is an important question because if we look at that positive and i'd like to see it inside with you the bus again you shia the mustang shy is not talking about a sukkah of sukis it's not talking about the sucker of gog when the messiah arrives there's going to be a sukkah that hashem is going to spread foreign a booth of peace a sukkah of peace which hashem is going to spread out over jerusalem over the inhabitants of ishalam over the people of israel what is this sukkah we mentioned it also in our harahama in the bench and we say rahmani yoga was returned to us the fallen booth of king david we refer to the base hamikdash as a sukkah as a as a booth what is the idea of this sukkah of the future are we commemorating a sukkah of the past are we commemorating a booth or perhaps the anonymous covered the divine clouds that we sat in the clouds of glory hashem protected us with in the past in the times of the midbar are we commemorating something that's going to occur in the future it needs to have shade what's the idea that the sukkah needs to provide us with shade we know it from a verse let's do it mashiach with the messiah's arrival what is the idea that we'll need a sukkah in the future when meshiach comes and what is the idea of nestling in the shade under the protection of akushboku of god and how does it connect to the idea of sila du manusa which we mentioned in the beginning a few times the shade of belief the shade of our faith in hashem what is the idea so i want to read one verse back in ishaya i want to read to you a little piece of a madrish in the past i wanted to read to you from tehillim the psalms yeshua the king david encourages us to dwell to sit according to one understanding of the verse in the shade under the shade and the protection of boroku what is the idea of sail or this idea of shade says there is a protection what is the protection of the sukkah what is this sukkah it's going to be in the future in times of mashiach what is the sucker that protects us from there's going to be a great danger the sun is going to be taken out of its nartique out of its sheath and there's going to be danger there's going to be a time of fire in the day in the night and there's going to be just we're going to need a protection from that fire we're going to need a protection from that intense heat of the sun what is this heat of the sun that we're talking about here what is the idea what is the concept in order to understand so let's look at a major the measure tells us like this is he fulfilled the commandment of sukkah i'm going to protect him in the world to come in the time to come from this intense sun so it says there's going to be a date that's going to come or to be as hot as an oven there's going to be a time in the future when there's going to be a judgment on the resheim on those who are evil there's going to be a downfall of those who have done evil is going to take out this son of judgment and in that time hashem will take a sukkah a protection a protection and the righteous ones and it seems those who are indeed doing the mitzvah sukkah properly those righteous ones will be protected hashem is going to hide them inside of that sukkah sent psalms in chapter 27 verse 5 says that hashem will hide me in his sukkah on a day on the day of evil there's a time when we need protection what is the time when we need protection hashem brings out his judgment hashem brings out his judgment on the world where do we see an example of this i've mentioned this in years past it's also in my safer perfectly imperfect that avraham avinu he was sitting in the heat of the day and rashid tells us hashem took out the sun from its sheath there was about to be a great din in the world great time of judgment saddam and amara were about to be destroyed because of their evil and avraham vino at the same time is about to conceive with a son named yitzhak at times at times and this is what i've written about spoken about at times we enter a time of judgment a time of danger a time when hashem is bringing the world into a new place a new level a new stage in order to get into that new stage hashem as it were brings out his son and that son brings about judgment on the world now how does a person protect it from the judgment it's by entering into the sukkah what is the concept of the sukkah it's a place of cell it's a place of shade interestingly the word cell also means seal means to save hashem saves a person for that i'd like to bring it to the passage in psalms chapter 20 uh chapter 91 the hillary someone who wants to be protected properly so he needs to sit in the secret place of the of the most high but sell shakaise he's to sleep and rest in the shade of hashem what is the idea um what does it mean to nestle in the shade under the wing of hashem it means to place one's faith in hashem the kai of tacboy i will trust in hashem when you are in his shade sail he will yet seal he will save you kushner don't be afraid of the plagues don't be afraid of anything when a person has faith he says the sukkah is a place of faith it's a place where we nestle in the shade of god under his wing i know i keep repeating the same words over and over again but i want to i want to repeat it because i want it to penetrate this is just such a deep depth and importance here what does it mean to be under the shade of hashem it means to trust in hashem it means to place our faith in god we step out of our homes our we're very protected in our homes we're very we terry tells us sami dears keva chevy dear sir i suggest also leave your permanent dwelling place basuka stachu instead live inside of asuka the sukkah is an impermanent dwelling place it's a place where we don't we don't feel as secure per se why in our homes we feel very secure now we can lock all the doors in fact last night i locked the door to my sukkah i locked the door that leads into my circle passat we feel very safe in our homes we walk out we step out into the tsilo de mersa into the shade of hashem's protection now that's a different kind of place you know if i'm doing everything and of course a person is obligated to protect his health but if i'm walking outside with a mask with a face shield and in a body suit and that's how i have to go everywhere because i'm afraid i'm going to get sick that's not what hashem wants that's not hashem's desire a person is obligated to do normal put in normal efforts but a person is also not only also a person is mainly obligated to place his faith in hashem to places i will say hashem you are the one who protects me the kaye of takboy i will trust in you hashem i'll trust in hashem will you step out into the sukkah the sukkah is the place the gemachi of the word sukkah is 91. it's name those two numbers 65 plus 26 together the sukkah is a place where we connect intimately to the spoke to god but in a different way than we're used to we step out of our comfort zone we step out of our normal way of protecting ourselves and we walk into the sukkot and when we do that wasn't just that hashem placed us in booths you know there's a big difference between what happens when we are in charge of protecting ourselves when hashem's in charge of protecting ourselves there's a limit to what we can do a person can walk around and mask and then and in a face shield and in body suits and still get corona he could still become sick but if a person places his bitah hashem if a person places his complete absolute faith in hashem it's a different story when he walks through the midway there's no food to eat shane gives him the food when he walks through the midway there are mountains and valleys it's very difficult the clouds of glory would smash the mountains it would flatten the earth fill in the holes of the valleys protect them from the hot sun what does that mean protect them from the rain the passage says the sukkah serves as a protection from the rain from the sahat sun from from din from judgment because there's a physical structure there's a literal structure but then there's an emotional and spiritual structure which is what we're trying to build over the chaga sukkahs which is what we're trying to develop an awareness of inside of ourselves we've been working on this for years we've been working on trying to understand what does it mean and how can we apply the idea of our faith in hashem the sukkah offers us that opportunity and it says we've got these big asses these protected well-protected homes step out of the house and walk into a place which is less protected why because you need to depend on hashem you need to realize that it's not your efforts that protect you in the first place perhaps hashem putting ideas in your mind in order for you to be protected to a certain extent but ultimately hashem is the one who decides everything and if a person wants to be protected from a time of judgment from a time when there's a plague in the world from a time when there is hashem has taken the sun out of its nartik it's taking the sun out of its sheath in order to bring the world to a new level to a new place to a new madrigaton spiritual level in the world perhaps to bring about a certain peace between israel and its neighbors perhaps to bring about a certain sense of urgency for klaus to return to eretz israel all of these things in order to be protected from them this is the time that we have to work on our bhitan our faith in hashem our trust in hashem our our absolute belief and not just belief but we look at our experience we see hashem has protected us in the past he's taking care of us in the past he's going to take care of us again that is the message of this if they remember what happened in the past what happened in the times of the midbrain when hashem protected the jewish people as they travel through the midbar but what does it have to do with the future what does it have to do with the the the times of mashiach and the answer is that to get into the times of meshiach we have to traverse a time of din a time of judgment a time of danger a time when the reshame are to be destroyed in order to get to the other side there's only one way there's only one way to get there intact and that is to attach ourselves to bitaken to attach ourselves to the cell the shade of hashem the shade of hashem is that which is matsil saves us and what's the idea it's because you know when we're under the shade of hashem when we're in under his wing so we remember it's a it's a reminder to us it's not us it's so easy to get caught up in all of the things that we believe give us our parnassa if i go to a certain place i will be able to come back with money if i do a certain job i'll have money hashem is shaking us up hashem is shaking up all of the order of the reality there's only one way to survive this it's by nestling under his wing nestling under his shade recognizing that it's it is he it is he who is the one who is protecting us and are going to continue to protect us just as he protected us in the past sotu is going to protect us in the future so i want to bless you and i ask you to bless me shut up all of us that we should be able to use the opportunity of the sukkah stepping out of our place of protection to understand the message to remember hashem protected us in the midbar should always remember what he did then to us to remember what he's done in our personal lives to help us throughout all of the years of our lives should help us to have that faith that assuredness that confidence that just as he's protected us in the past so he will be protecting us today and so he will protect us for all time in the future thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shabbos and a wonderful yomtif this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts 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