The Vehicle for Teshuva - Rabbi Shlomo Landau Simcha

every yantiff on the Jewish calendar is special the Octave of sukkas is unique it seems from the Torah that there's an intrinsic connection between sukkas and simcha happiness joy why is that so perhaps we could suggest that sukkas is ultimately a litmus test to the success of a person's if a person had a meaningful Rosh Hashanah they did chuba during a series they were cleansed during Yom Kippur then they're going to have a certain sense of inner Joy of simcha when it comes to the Mitzvahs of sukkah the Mitzvah vanessric they'll spend time trying to find a beautiful essay they just won't rely on somebody else or a shul just buying it for them to look for one for a beautiful essric they'll try to find a Lula that's totally close to the top hadassem that are misshulasim they'll spend time decorating building a beautiful sukkah and more importantly living in their sukkah if a person has a joy in their performance of Mitzvahs that's a litmus test that their young nairam was successful but a person who just wants to patter themselves they just want to get over with it eh they buy a little than yesterday they don't even want to see it they take it okay they're in the circle when they have to be but they really want to be in their house more than they want to be in their Suka that person needs to ask themselves a question did I really utilize my yum and Iran properly this last time it says something amazing the swatham says that we say in Dominic and we actually standing in Kipper or Israel simcha there's a certain life that's specific for the tadiq and to those that have a straight heart simha their simha says a little baby a child is intrinsically happy why is that because created us that we should be joyous and particularly as Jewish people we should be joyous with who we are as we get older and the many different variables around us start creeping into our life then it becomes harder perhaps sometimes to have similar is an opportunity for a person to be me I share their life to strengthen to iron out their wrinkles and to try to do a proper chuva the automatic response to that will be somehow we'll be Joy we'll be happiness so let's take a moment as we take our Lula and we shake them to try to feel a certain joy that their Buddhism gave us the unique people this Mitzvah a special Mitzvah let's learn about why we shake the luluv it'll make it more meaningful let's take the opportunity to sit in a circle even if it's a little cold this year I understand it's the ananyakaved it's so special let's learn about why we're supposed to sit in Asuka and let's try this year to sit in our sucker more than we did the previous year let's try to feel simcha joy happiness about the fact that we have the Mitzvah if we do that that'll be a litmus test that we're on the right track the rest of the year will be a year of sim hun a year of joy and a year of Happiness have a wonderful [Music]