W e ' v e m o v e d f r o m t h e D a y s o f A w e t o Z ' m a n S i m c h a t e i n u , t h e " S e a s o n o f O u r J o y . " T h e

h o l i d a y o f S u k k o t i s c a l l e d t h i s t h r e e t i m e s i n t h e T o r a h b u t i n a t i m e o f p a n d e m i c a n d

c i v i l a n d p o l i t i c a l u n r e s t , j o y m a y b e h a r d t o c o m e b y . . Y e t , w e a r e g i v e n t h i s h o l i d a y o f

j o y t o r e c o n n e c t u s t o w h a t i s i m p o r t a n t . P s y c h o l o g y e x p e r t s t e a c h t h a t f o u r t h i n g s a r e

n e c e s s a r y t o c u l t i v a t e j o y a n d w e f i n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r c u l t i v a t i n g a l l o f t h e m d u r i n g

S u k k o t .

1 . I n o r d e r t o f i n d j o y , i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o h a v e a s e n s e o f b e l o n g i n g o r o f b e i n g i n

r e l a t i o n s h i p s . I n b i b l i c a l t i m e s , p e o p l e o f a l l a g e s a n d g e n d e r w o u l d t r a v e l t o

J e r u s a l e m t o b e t o g e t h e r f o r t h i s j o y f u l c e l e b r a t i o n . T h e T a l m u d r e c a l l s t h e c i t y l i t

u p w i t h g i a n t m e n o r a h s , a n d m u s i c p l a y i n g f r o m t h e l y r e , c y m b a l s a n d d r u m s . E v e n

t h e r a b b i s d i d h e a d s t a n d s a n d j u g g l e d f l y i n g t o r c h e s . N o , I w o n ' t b e p u t t i n g o n a

C i r q u e d u S o l e i l s h o w f o r y o u b u t o u r s u k k a h i s s t i l l w a r m a n d w e l c o m i n g , f i l l e d w i t h

h o s p i t a l i t y f o r a l l . W e w i l l g a t h e r o u t s i d e i n o u r C O T S u k k o t t h i s S h a b b a t m o r n i n g ,

O c t o b e r 3 .

2 . T o b e h a p p y , o n e n e e d s t o h a v e a s e n s e o f c o m p e t e n c e o r e f f e c t i v e n e s s i n t h e i r

p u r s u i t s . W h a t b e t t e r w a y t o b u i l d c o m p e t e n c e t h a n b u i l d i n g a s u k k a h , c h o o s i n g t h e

p e r f e c t e t r o g a n d l e a r n i n g t h e b l e s s i n g s f o r w a v i n g t h e l u l a v ?

3 . O n e ' s p e r s p e c t i v e w i l l i m p a c t y o u r a b i l i t y t o f i n d j o y . S o m e m i g h t c a l l t h i s

p o s i t i v i t y o r e v e n f a i t h . O n S u k k o t , w e m o v e w i t h t r u s t f r o m o u r s t a b l e h o m e s o u t

i n t o t h e f l i m s y s u k k a h k n o w i n g w e w i l l b e s a f e a n d w a r m a n d d r y . W e a f f i r m t h a t w e

r e l y o n m o r e t h a n j u s t t h e ' c r e a t u r e c o m f o r t s ' f o r o u r l i v e s t o b e f u l l a n d j o y f u l .

4 . F i n a l l y , s e l f c o n f i d e n c e a n d i n n e r w e l l b e i n g a r e e s s e n t i a l i n t h e p u r s u i t o f j o y .

S u k k o t c o m e s r i g h t o n t h e h e e l s o f Y o m K i p p u r , t h e t i m e o f r e t u r n t o a l i f e o f h o p e

a n d p o s s i b i l i t y . W e r e c o n n e c t t o o u r i n n e r h o l i n e s s d e s p i t e t h e c h a o s s w i r l i n g a r o u n d

u s . T h i s i s t h e j o y o f S u k k o t .

O u r c o m m u n i t y w i l l c o n t i n u e t o o f f e r a s e n s e o f b e l o n g i n g a n d a c c e p t a n c e o f d i v e r s i t y

a n d d i f f e r e n c e n o m a t t e r t h e p a n d e m i c o r o u t s i d e f o r c e s . T h r o u g h o u r c o m m o n g o a l s o f

s t u d y , p r a y e r a n d d o i n g g o o d i n t h e w o r l d , o u r c o n f i d e n c e , o u r f a i t h a n d u l t i m a t e l y o u r

h a p p i n e s s w i l l b e s t r e n g t h e n e d . C h a g S u k k o t S a m e a c h - W i s h i n g y o u a l l a j o y f u l S u k k o t !

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