“ [A] Succa above twenty cubits [approximately 40’[ is not valid though Rabbi Yehudah does approval . . . .” is how the Talmudic tractate Succa begins. Why this particular law while an interesting question, however as a generic question could be asked with variation throughout any given tractate so the validity of asking why begin the discussion with the law of a too tall Succa is minimal. Yet, Re’hya M’Hemna (Zohar III, 103b) declares “ . . . Whoever is in the secret of faith and descendant of… Continue

Once one accepts the notion of emunah, faith especially in Chassidic thought one understands nothing is beyond G-D’s purview, nothing. Recognizing the reach of G-D’s providential down to the intimate details of one's life as well as the juxtaposition of events. Needless to say the first day of Sukkot coinciding with Shabbath has a special significance for the present year.



The Torah commands that on the first day of Sukkoth one must take up a palm branch (lulav), myrtle (hadassim),… Continue