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The Sukka As A Stopover
On The Jewish Time Line
This statement reveals the Jewish
view that time is a map of spiritual
growth and realization. Stations have
been built into the cycle of time. If
one is sensitive and unlocks the
potential of that time then, in truth,
new levels can be brought into the
world. On Passover "freedom" and
the ability to break out of old habits
ast year at this time, the day
are accessible to everyone.
. after Yom Kippur, I was
We observe this in nature through
blessed with the task of
the sprouting of flowers from their
moving my family into our
winter slumber and the birth of ani-
first purchased home. Ironically,
mals from their gestation. The
before I moved into the house, I had
Jewish people just over
to embark on building a
3,000 years ago accessed
sukka in the back yard.
that opportunity upon
There seemed a certain
their exodus from Egypt,
irony in the fact that before
revealing it to us forever.
I had time to get too com-
We turn to the station
fortable in my new home,
in time called Sukkot. This
the expression of material
holiday is spoken about in
grounding, arrival and secu-
our liturgy as, zman sim-
rity, I was being told by
chataynu, the time of our
God that what I needed
happiness. This day in the
now was to move out into a
design of time is a station
thatched-roof but to dou-
RABB I TZVI
that offers us the opportu-
ble-check my sense of bal-
HOCH STADT
nity to access and acquire
ance between my spirituali-
Specia 1 to the
joy. The beginning of joy,
ty and consciousness of
as Judaism defines it, is
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God and my getting caught
knowing that it is not a
in the trappings of posses-
response to outside stimuli
sions and materialism.
but something we can deal with and
As we begin Sukkot, consider
make an ingredient of who we are.
the Jewish view of time, which is
The covering of the sukka has a
unique in two important ways.
strange requirement. It must be
The first commandment we
made of something that cannot
received as a nation was: "This
receive impurity or tuma. This
month will be for you the beginning
involves a complex system of defini-
of months." The establishment of
tions in Jewish tradition. Let us look
the Jewish calendar and our role in
at it very simply to gain insight into
calculating both the solar year and
joy.
the months of the lunar cycle reveal
Impurity is not the chemists'
the profound role we play in our
understanding of the word, meaning
own destiny and the placing of our
"sullied" or "dirty". That's why the
holidays.
Hebrew word tamei is better. Tamei
The second principle that is
is the same letters as atume, a
essential to understanding the Jewish
Hebrew word meaning "sealed" or
view of time is to describe time as a
"blocked". Sealed from God, from
spiral, which moves up and at the
spiritual consciousness, is the real
same time passes through portals or
understanding of the word tamei. In
stations that offer unique opportuni-
this sense we place over our sukka, a
ties for the soul.
Listen to the following statement
carefully to really understand this
concept and you will experience a
new appreciation of the Jewish holi-
What are your greatest posses-
days and their contribution to your
sions in life? What are you lack-
spirituality:
ing? Can you enjoy life without
We do not celebrate Passover
the things you're lacking? Make a
because the Jews came out of Egypt
list of the things you really
as much as because it was Passover
"have" at this moment. What do
when the Jews came out of Egypt."
you regret not being able to
include on the list?
Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt is the educa-
tional director of Aish Ha Torah's
Detroit Center.
Shabbat Sukkot:
Leviticus 22:26-23:44;
Numbers 29:12-16•
Zachariah 14:1-21.
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