Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Holiday SUKKOT 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson a place where life's most difficult questions are answered here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi megawatts welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week we are celebrating the holiday of Sukkot and the question of the week is what is the message of Sukkot so if you look at the holiday Sukkot you find something unique compared to all the other mitzvot we know the 613 commandments 248 positive Commandments 365 negative Commandments and every commandment is very specific for example you have a mezuzah it's on the doorpost you wear it to lean on your hand you eat kosher a certain foods you eat certain foods you don't eat but and so on every single mix is very specific there's one thing unique with the mitzvot suka is that on the how they Sukkot the several mitzvot but referring to that mitzvot that the name of Sukkot is called suka we're for seven days we have an obligation and biblical obligation to dwell in the cigar we eat in the sukkah some pray in the circles from studying the circle but all your activity should be done in the circle the circle becomes your home for those seven days so there are B says what's unique about them it's awesome what's unique is that we Sukkot comes your whole body goes in the sukkah your whole human being your whole being goes in the sukkah and you spend time 24/7 some people sleep in a circle combative and doesn't have that custom because the the spiritual lights are so high which is not a discussion for itself but you see uniquely that the whole human being spends the whole seven days in the sukkah and their every ask what's the idea what's the message behind that their me explains we based on a verse in the book of miss Li from King Solomon in the book of Proverbs and King Solomon says the Hall draw Hakata a you what does that mean behold draw in all your way is the a you should know God what does that mean in every single thing that you do in all your ways that means from the morning to the wherever you are you should always know God now certain times in places it's easier to know God if you're in synagogue if you're studying tore up you specifically doing a mitzvah and not in those situations you have to be more conscious about what knowing God here's Sukkot if you're a whole time in the sukkah 24 hours a day 7 days a week of Sukkot you're in the circle so every single moment you are being in compressed with a beautiful mitzvahs you're able to fulfill the Mitzvah of suka but more importantly be able to have the consciousness of what King Solomon says in Proverbs behold oh ha ha da you so what is the message of Sukkot to take that idea that we celebrate Sukkot we behold Rebekah the a who throughout the whole week we're always conscious of God because we're in the circle throughout our year we should continue that kind that that that feeling that wherever we do we should feel God wherever we are and whatever we're doing this week's Torah lesson is a memory of bora pandari liebe and Ben Yosef may their souls be elevated for the Torah that we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information on Habad please see our website [Music]