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Post by hollygail on Oct 5, 2023 6:57:47 GMT -5
What’s on your mind — how to make kugel? This week’s Torah reading? Life goals? Prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.
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Post by hollygail on Oct 5, 2023 7:04:41 GMT -5
The next two interpretations of the meaning of the sukkah follow.
7. The mitzvah of the sukkah arouses the desire to rely on God, as did our ancestors who departed from Egypt. (S'fat Emet [Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter])
8. The vision of a universal brotherhood is reflected in the sukkah, whose door and roof are open. [note: no citation given]
You opinion about either of these interpretations? What's a recent story you can tell us about either a sukkah or the holiday of Sukkot itself?
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Post by lee058 on Oct 5, 2023 7:46:38 GMT -5
Good morning everybody. Hope you are all well and SAFE!
Re today's topic: Sorry, no particular comments today either, just hello to all.
Have a peaceful day, Lee
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Post by louise on Oct 5, 2023 8:05:04 GMT -5
Sorry I'm not feeling these interpretations.I guess arousing our desire to rely on God is just back to fragility again - being in the sukkah - living in it actually - certainly would remind us of that. Frustrated with morning minyan on zoom as the leader didn't allow time/space for us to repeat verses during Hallel (and thus to shake my lulav). Oh well - this should be my biggest problem today.
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Post by peachymom1 on Oct 5, 2023 9:57:08 GMT -5
Does the mitzvah of the sukkah really arouse the desire to rely on God? I'm not sure about that. I would think that if you already rely on God, the sukkah would reinforce the notion that some things are out of our control, and we have to adapt as necessary. But if you don't believe in God, or if your concept of God doesn't include relying on God, then I'm not sure the fragility of the sukkah is going to inspire it.
But let's say that the mitzvah of the sukkah does arouse the desire to rely on God. Rely on God for what? Shelter? Harvest? Community? What else?
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