Sukkos Message 2026

A good Erev Sukkot to everyone. You could feel it in the air. The simcha is here. Sukkot man simcha sein a time of our rejoicing. My dear friends, if not now, when? We just finished the period of the 10 days of teshuvah, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and now we go into the second half of the month of Tishrei, which is all about simcha. So, take the joy, use it properly, sit in your sukkah, bring others into your sukkah, u'smahta b'haggecha, to be happy on the festival requires bringing other people into your sukkah. Not only make the blessing on the four kinds, the lulav, the etrog, the hadas, and the aravah, but give others the opportunity, men and women, children. It's a great time. It's the time in our Jewish calendar that's the happiest time of the year. Then comes of course Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, and that I'll let you wait till we get there to talk about that holiday. A Yom Tov. Seid gesund. Only freilach a ganz yohr freilach a ganz yohr freilach a ganz yohr freilach freilach darf men sein a whole year happy a whole year happy a whole year happy happy one should be. Good Yom Tov.