Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Holiday of Sukkot 5782

welcome to our weekly torah lesson this week we're celebrating the holiday of sukkot and the question of the week is how can we experience pure and natural happiness so we know on sukkot the first mitzvah that we engage is sitting in the sucker right away at night when sukkot starts we go into the sukkah the second mitzvah we do is in the morning we get up early and we make the blessing in the lull of an esrig so the question is why is going to the sukkah first little vanessa second and also we know that the chabad customers that we make the blessing of the lulu of vanessa in the sukkah what's the connection between the sukkah and lulav and aesthetic so we know that the main component of the sukkah is the covering now the covering is actually spelt of three letters samak which numerically is 60 half numerically is 20 and another cuff which is numerically 20 which is a total of a hundred now we know that it says in the in the prophets that means we blow the shaffer in rosh hashanah and then it's bakassa is concealed revealed how many blasts do we blow on rosh hashanah we blow a hundred blasts which is the same numerical value as now what is really the main component of rosh hashanah we're blowing the shoulder for a while because we're crowning god as the one king so it's all about the oneness of hashem so we're creating the oneness of hashem we don't blow it a hundred blasts and then that comes on top of the sukkah spiritually the 100 blasts we go into the sukkah what we're doing is that as the torah says but sukhoi is teshru you know about you know the powerful impact of those hundred blasts the powerful impact of those that hundred of the the goal is to internalize it so that's the first process of success we internalize the powerful oneness of hashem that started in rosh hashanah then we take the lulu in the asteroid and we take four different species and we bring it against our heart we shake it against the heart the idea is that powerful process that we started when we walked into the sukkah to internalize the oneness of hashem now we bring it close to our heart and we internalize it internalize it in a premius and mormon internal way when we focus on internalizing the oneness of hashem through the through the midst of sukkah through the blowing of the shaffer then we come to the ultimate we pour the water nissa hamaya we poured the water on the temple and we were dancing pouring the water service what do you mean we know that joy comes from wine joy doesn't come from water but on the other hand when a person is connected to the oneness of hashem you can have pure and natural happiness just from water you don't necessarily need it from wine so the answer to the question how can we experience pure natural happiness by focusing on the oneness of hashem through the experience of the sukkah in this and then internalizing that oneness we will experience pure and natural happiness like we're supposed to on the holiday of sukkot thanks so much for joining us for our weekly torah lesson this week's torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of baruch ben arielais may their souls be elevated by torah we're studying in their memory have a great and blessed week happy sukkot and the joy of sukkah shall last us a whole year for more information please see our website khabadswf.org