With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur behind us, now that we have certainly all been signed and sealed for a good year, we celebrate this success with a week-long holiday—Sukkot, also known as “The Festival of Joy.”
Where Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur represent the somber nature of our relationship with G-d, Sukkot focuses on the aspect of this relationship that is expressed through joy. The happiness we express during this holiday is not necessarily rational, in fact sometimes there are reasons to be the opposite of joyous.
But just as our relationship with G-d transcends logic, our joy during Sukkot is all about rising beyond the limitations of what we do or don’t understand. That is how we can be truly happy.
And being joyous during Sukkot even when there is no reason to be (or reason not to be), we are guaranteed that G-d will give us many reasons to be happy throughout the year.
So, now we party!
Chag same’ach!
Rabbi Shlomi Tabib
