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Tishrei 19, 5780 - Friday, October 18, 2019

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Montreal Torah Center Bais Menachem Chabad Lubavitch Joanne and Jonathan Gurman Community Center ⬢ Lou Adler Shul ⬢ Marcia Gillman and Michael Flinker Early Childhood Center

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CHOL HAMOED SUKKOT - SUKKOT INTERMEDIATE DAYS

CHAG SAMEACH, HAPPY SUKKOT!

Candle Lighting: 5:45 pm Shabbat Ends: 6:47 pm

ITCHY & ZELDIE’S SUKKAH

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A special curbside garbage collection will take place on Fridays Oct 18. Overnight parking tolerance will be until Oct 23.

MTC GRACIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS WEEK’S SPONSORS OF THE DAY

Ruzena Slomovic in honour of the yartzeit of David Moskovic obm, Tishrei 21 Cola families in honour of the birthday of Michelle Lindsey, October 22

Howard Richman in honour of the birthday of Reuben Richman, October 24

To become a sponsor of the day, please contact Itchy @ 739.0770 ext 223

UPCOMING EVENTS

MONDAY OCT 21 Simchat Torah Celebration, 6:30 pm

TUESDAY OCT 29 BMC Lesson 2

WEDNESDAY OCT 30 Mini Chefs Fall Session begins

WEDNESDAY NOV 13 New JLI Course—Worrior to Warrior 7:30-9:00 pm RSVP at themtc.com/jli

SUNDAY DEC 1 The Family Store Awards Night

KOLEL MENACHEM OF HAMPSTEAD

Monday-Thursday, weekly, 7:30-9:00 pm Contact: Rabbi Levi New, levi@themtc.com

SECURITY MEASURES

Please be advised that entry to the shul Shabbos morning is only via the West/Left parking lot, manned by a security guard. Please ensure that your children do not allow anyone to enter through any other door.

As well, please note that the adult who drops off a child at the Shabbos Program must be the one who picks the child up. If someone else will be picking up your child, please notify the counselor in advance.

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO

Brown, Spiro & Kotzer families on the passing of Mr. Sam Brown obm

Shiva will begin after Yomtov.

May the family be spared any further sorrow and know only of simchas

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LAST WEEK

Shimon & Devora Berman Ronnie & Debbie Cons Laurence & David Dahan Jeremy & Mandy Levi Jeremy Levi Anne Kmetyko Tehilla & Michael Rose

THIS WEEK Sandy Mamane in memory of Mordechai Mamane obm

Heidi, Corie and Doris in memory of Mordechai Diskin obm and Richard Wilson obm

Chava Ross, wishing the community health and happiness for the coming year

KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORSHIP IS $136

YASHER KOACH TO OUR KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORS!

SHABBAT SCHEDULE Mincha & Maariv…….…….....….....5:45 pm Shacharit………….……...…...…...9:30 am Children’s Program.…………..........10:30 am Kiddush………………....…….......12:30 pm Mincha………..………..…………5:45 pm

TORAH READING Chol Hamoed Sukkot.….....Siddur Page 478 Haftorah……………...…Siddur Page 480

CLASSES Chassidus……………..….…….….8:45 am Men’s Class..…….……….……......4:15 pm Women’s Class..….…………...…...5:00 pm

EN FRANCAIS AVEC LE RAV H. ABERGEL: Mincha & Maariv…….…….....…....5:55 pm Shacharit.…….....…..........................9:30 am Chiour ……..………………..…..5:00 pm Mincha & Maariv…….…….....….....5:45 pm

YASHER KOACH TO

Jack Berkowicz & Aaron Smith for building the Chalk Board Sukkah at Hampstead Park, and thanks to Mayor Bill Steinberg and the entire Hampstead Council for all you do for the community!

SHACHARIT

Sunday…..Chassidus…………....9:15 am Shacharis…………..10:00 am

Wed-Fri….Chassidus…………....6:15 am Shacharis…………....7:00 am Followed by breakfast

MINCHA Wed-Thurs…....…........5:55 pm

MAARIV Wed-Thurs...…...……..6:30 pm

In cherished memory of R’ Yeshaya Aryeh ben Menashe Treitel obm

WEEKDAY PRAYER SCHEDULE

HOSHANA RABBA

Motzei Shabbat, October 19

Tikun Leil Hoshana Rabba...12:40 am Sunday October 20 SPECIAL HOSHANA RABBA SERVICE Chassidus…………….... 9:15 am Shacharit…………….…10:00 am

Please Note Corrected Time

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SUKKOT INSIGHT

By Yehuda Shurpin

According to Jewish law, there are a few main requirements for the covering of the sukkah (called schach):

1. the material must have grown from the ground;

2. it must be presently detached from the ground; and

3. it should not be susceptible to ritual impurity (which in layman’s terms means that it should be unprocessed, not fashioned into a tool or something useful).

CHEAP REMNANTS The Talmud derives these requirements from the verse “You shall prepare for you the festival of Sukkot for seven days as you gather from your threshing floor and from your winepress.” This, the rabbis explain, implies that the holiday is to be celebrated with materials that are typically left on a threshing floor or in a winepress, such as straw, stalks, and reeds.

The defining element of the sukkah is the schach covering, so this verse is essentially saying that the schach should be made of natural, unprocessed materials that grow from the ground and are not susceptible to ritual impurity.

But what is the deeper significance of this mitzvah?

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THIS WEEK’S CLASS

WHY SIMCHAT TORAH NOW?

The straight-forward meaning of the words ‘Simchas Torah’ is ‘the joy of the Torah’. But surely the point it is it is our joy with Torah, not the Torah’s joy?! This class explores the essence of Simchas Torah and why it is the culmination of the holidays that forge the foundation for the year to come.

View this class at themtc.com/tapestry

Yam - Sukkkot event

Next up: Babka making Oct 30

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BEGINNING NOVEMBER 13 - RSVP

Lectures given by Rabbi Berel Bell

Whoever said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results has obviously never had to reboot a computer.⬢

AND FINALLY...

REAL LOVE IS IN SIMPLICITY Throughout the month of Elul and the High Holidays, we work constantly on improving ourselves and returning to G-d. The holiday of Sukkot celebrates the completion of this work and the assurance of a year full of closeness to the Divine. This is one of the reasons why we refer to the holiday of Sukkot as “the time of our rejoicing.”

The Chassidic masters explain that in addition to representing the miraculous Clouds of Glory that surrounded the Jews in the desert for forty years, the covering of the sukkah symbolizes the culmination of our refinement process during the month of Elul and the High Holidays.

The climax of the High Holiday services was the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) entering the Holy of Holies and offering ketoret (incense), which would form a thick cloud, representing G-d’s glory and the culmination of our personal refinement. Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch teaches that the correlation between clouds and the process of refinement can be found in the verse “And a mist ascended from the earth and watered the entire surface of the ground.” Mist ascending from the ground represents the uplifting and refining of our earthly actions, until they rise up to heaven and form “clouds,” from which “rain” (blessings) pours down upon us.

Interestingly, the Talmud correlates this same verse with the schach covering of the sukkah (since the schach represents the clouds), going so far as to derive some of the laws pertaining to the schach from this verse. The mystics explain that while the Yom Kippur services represent the culmination of our refining ourselves, the sukkah, and specifically the schach covering, corresponds to the Clouds of Glory and the cloud of the ketoret, symbolizing how G-d reciprocates and showers us with his blessings and love.

So when G-d instructs us to build a sukkah, He tells us that the covering should not be made of expensive materials, like gold and silver, nor even any edible items. Rather, it should be made from reeds and other “refuse.” For G-d is saying, “Even if you seem to have no spiritual advantage or superiority, no gold or silver, no love or awe of Me, just simple, leftover reeds, I still love you and bless you.”

PRIMORDIAL PURITY Rabbi Dovber explains elsewhere that the schach covering of the sukkah represents an all-encompassing revelation of G-dliness that is completely pure, reminiscent of the revelation that was present in the world before the sin of Adam and Eve, as well as the revelation that will be present in the Messianic era. The schach therefore needs to be made from material that grows from the ground and isn’t susceptible to impurity, representing the Earth in its pure, pre-sin state.

May the day come soon when, in the words of the prophet Zechariah, all the nations of the world will go up to the Holy Temple to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot!⬢

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For boys & girls ages 3-5 • Fall Session begins Wednesday October 30 • 4:00—5:00 pm RSVP at themtc.com/minichefs • for more info email youth@themtc.com

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ערב שבת חול המועד סוכות, י‘‘ט תשרי, תש״פErev Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot, October 18, 2019

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An oral history project dedicated to documenting the life of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. The story is one of thousands recorded in over 1,500 videotaped interviews conducted to date. While we have done our utmost to authenticate these stories, they reflect the listener’s recollection and interpretation of the Rebbe’s words.

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After the Six Day War of 1967 and the liberation of the Judea and Samaria territories, I became involved with building new settlements there. I decided to use my financial knowledge and the experience I had gained in political activism in the cause of developing Jewish neighborhoods in these regions. But, although I had good political connections, I had a hard time securing bank loans, which were essential for this purpose.

The specific matter of Jewish settlement in Hebron really lit a fire under me. One of the reasons for this was that I had a personal connection to the city. I was born there on the 17th of August, 1929, and my brit was held on the 24th of August, the day of the Hebron massacre, when Arabs rampaged through the city killing sixty-seven Jews and wounding many others. So I really wanted to expand the small Jewish settlement there. I wanted to create a connection between Kiryat Arba and Hebron, two cities that were separated by an empty no-man’s land which was possible to purchase at that time. My idea was to call the new settlement “Kiryat Chabad,” in hopes of drawing Chabad chasidim to move there, to renew the historical Chabad settlement in Hebron which dated back to the 18th century.

After Menachem Begin became prime minister in 1977, I met with him and laid out my plan regarding Hebron. I explained my challenges with raising the money to purchase the land and getting the required insurance for investing in infrastructure in the settlements. I proposed that the government establish a national insurance company for this purpose. This company, Inbal, was established and, because of it, factories were built and both Hebron and Kiryat Arba benefitted.

At that same meeting, I also proposed another idea. We were then approaching the fiftieth anniversary of the Hebron massacre. And as my grandfather, Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank, had a connection with the Previous Rebbe (whom he met when the Previous Rebbe visited the Holy Land just prior to the massacre), I suggested that I travel to New York and invite the current Rebbe, on behalf of the Israeli government, to take part in a memorial ceremony for those massacred in Hebron and in laying the cornerstone

for the new neighborhood there. I thought that such a visit would certainly encourage Chabad chasidim to settle in the city.

Begin was skeptical, but he was willing to support this move, and at the end of 1978, I traveled to New York, where a meeting with the Rebbe was arranged for me at 2 a.m. It was impressed upon me, that because of the Rebbe’s health — he had suffered a massive heart attack the previous year — the meeting could not last longer than fifteen minutes.

I arrived at the appointed hour and was greeted by the Rebbe’s secretary, Rabbi Binyomin Klein, who immediately brought me in to the Rebbe’s office. I will not forget the warmth with which he greeted me, “Shalom Aleichem Reb Yaakov!”

“I have warm regards from Prime Minister Begin,” I said, and the Rebbe responded, “How is he doing?”

After I filled him in, knowing that my time was limited, I tried to get directly to the point. I told the Rebbe about my plans regarding expanding the Jewish settlement in Hebron in general and about the idea of developing a Chabad settlement to connect Hebron with Kiryat Arba in

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But the Rebbe was first interested in my background. So I told him about the circumstances of my birth and also about my grandfather, Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank, who had been the chief rabbi of Jerusalem and who helped fulfill the Previous Rebbe’s wish to visit the Me’arat HaMachpelah, the Cave of the Patriarchs, where Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives, Sarah, Rebecca and Leah are buried. This involved pulling a lot of strings and bribing those who controlled the area.

The Rebbe seemed moved to hear this and he asked for more details of the Previous Rebbe’s visit — how long did the Previous Rebbe’s spend at the site, and if he managed to enter places that Jews are not allowed to enter today.

When I saw how much this meant to the Rebbe and how interested he was in the details of the visit, I said that today it is also possible to try and arrange such a thing if the Rebbe would come to Israel for a visit. I went on to describe in detail my plans regarding the unification and expansion of the Jewish presence in Kiryat Arba and Hebron, and I suggested to the Rebbe that we should get one hundred more families to settle there. I mentioned the attractions — not only the close proximity to the holy site of the Me’arat HaMachpelah, but also our plans to open factories and establish vineyards in the area. The Rebbe seemed to approve of this, and mentioned that the city of Hebron was known for its fine grapes.

I proposed that we have a festive ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone for Kiryat Chabad in Hebron on the fiftieth anniversary of the Previous Rebbe’s visit to the city. The Rebbe smiled and said that in his present state of health, it would be hard for him to travel and so he didn’t think he would be able to come. I told the Rebbe that Hebron itself gives one a lot of strength, and I also added that it will certainly not be a problem to visit the most hidden places inside the Me’arat HaMachpelah.

But the Rebbe explained that he was in middle of developing and fortifying his work of Jewish outreach around the world, adding, “I know this isn’t Eretz Yisrael, but we still need to take care of Babylon too.” He expressed concern that if he came to Israel, he might not be able to leave, as per Jewish law, and continue the work he had started in America.

I pointed out that the Previous Rebbe came to visit and left afterwards, but the Rebbe clarified that for the Previous Rebbe the visit was “a stop along the way” — as he was traveling from Latvia to the United States. To come

specifically to Israel was something else altogether.

In any case, the Rebbe thanked me very much for the invitation, and he also said that the settlement plan was very interesting. I am not sure that he approved of the particular project I had in mind, because he felt that Chabad is meant to spread out all over Israel and the chasidim should not leave other places in order to commemorate one particular place. That said, he clearly approved of the settling of the territories, and he asked me about my plans for other sites in the region. I mentioned Elkana, Ariel, Ma’ale Adumim and others, and the Rebbe encouraged me to continue in this direction.

The meeting lasted much longer than the allotted time — about an hour and a half, ending at 3:30 a.m. I noticed that the Rebbe seemed to have all the patience in the world and was not in any rush to get me out the door.

I left with the Rebbe’s blessings for the health of Prime Minister Begin, and for success in all my endeavors. In blessing me, he added that it is impossible to describe the great importance of the work I was engaged in. He urged me to continue with vigor and to do more to settle all of Israel.______________Rabbi Yaakov Frank is a community rabbi in Petach Tikvah, where he was interviewed in April of 2015.

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לע“נ ר‘ ישראל יעקב וזוגתו מרת קריינא ע“ה לאקשיןע“י בניהם ר‘ נחמן ור‘ אברהם ומשפחתם שיחיו

> 5715 — 1954, the Rebbe suggested that all children over the age of five be brought to the farbrengen of Simchat Torah. At the farbrengen, the Rebbe asked them to lead a song and handed them cake. In each of the next few years, the Rebbe called on the children in some special way at the Simchat Torah farbrengen.1 23 Tishrei

> 5750 — 1989, before Hakafot, the Rebbe expounded upon all the verses of Ata Horeita instead of just focusing on select verses and did the same thing the following two years.2 23 Tishrei

1. Torat Menachem vol. 13 page 55, 76 2. Torat Menachem 5750 vol. 1 page 209

In deep appreciation of our dear Rebbe

In honor of the Sarasota Manatee Chabad community

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SOUCCOT

LUNDI & MARDI 14-15 OCTOBRE 2019

15-16 TICHRI 5780

LA SIDRA DE LA SEMAINE

par Naftali Silberberg

Plus que toute autre chose, nous recherchons le bonheur dans la vie. La « jeunesse éternelle », c’est bien, mais que vaut-elle si elle n’est pas accompagnée de bonheur ? Pourtant, quelle que soit l’ampleur de ce que nous accomplissons dans la vie, que ce soit matériellement ou spirituellement, le bonheur semble demeurer insaisissable pour beaucoup d’entre nous. Il semble y avoir toujours encore une chose qu’il nous faille accomplir avant de pouvoir être vraiment heureux. En vérité, cependant, tenter d’atteindre le bonheur à travers des réalisations ou des succès personnels s’apparente à vouloir atteindre la richesse en fréquentant des casinos : on est toujours « tellement proche » de gagner le jackpot ! Examinons la nature de la fête de Soukkot, et nous résoudrons ainsi le mystère du bonheur.

De prime abord, la fête de Soukkot présente un aspect assez étrange. Toutes les autres fêtes du calendrier juif commémorent un événement ayant eu lieu à une date en particulier. Pourtant, rien ne s’est passé le 15 Tichri qui aurait pu expliquer l’instauration d’une fête en ce jour. Toutes les autres fêtes célèbrent un événement majeur qui a sauvé le peuple juif d’un grave danger (comme à Pessa’h, à Hanoukka ou à Pourim) ou qui a changé le cours de l’histoire juive (comme le pardon que D.ieu accorda aux Israélites à Yom Kippour ou le don de la Torah à Chavouot), alors que Soukkot ne célèbre qu’un miracle relativement « mineur », celui des nuées de gloire qui entouraient miraculeusement les Juifs pendant leurs quarante années dans le désert. Au cours de cette même période, les Juifs furent aussi les bénéficiaires de deux autres miracles, celui de la manne et celui de l’eau produite par le rocher, le « puits de Myriam ». Pourtant, bien

que ces deux miracles aient sans doute été bien plus importants que celui des Nuées de Gloire (en effet, les Juifs n’auraient pas pu survivre sans eau ni nourriture, alors qu’ils pouvaient certainement dresser des tentes pour se protéger des éléments), ils n’ont pas donné lieu à des fêtes.

De plus, Soukkot n’est pas « une fête parmi les autres ». Elle est la plus joyeuse des Trois Fêtes bibliquement prescrites. Dans les prières des fêtes, chacune de celles-ci est désignée par un « titre » qui la décrit : Pessa’h est la « Saison de notre libération », Chavouot est la « Saison du Don de notre Torah », mais Soukkot est simplement décrite comme la « Saison de notre réjouissance » ! En effet, le Talmud affirme que « celui qui n’a pas connu la Fête du Puisage de l’Eau » (qui se tenait dans le Saint Temple les nuits de Soukkot) n’a pas vu de joie dans sa vie ! » Aujourd’hui encore, il est de coutume de se réunir les soirs de Soukkot pour chanter, danser, dire « le’haim ! » et être joyeux (il y a sans doute une célébration dans votre région). Mais pourquoi ? Quelle est la raison de l’immense joie de cette fête ?

Paradoxalement, le secret de Soukkot semble être son absence de grand miracle. Tous les miracles (ou toutes les réalisations personnelles) sont limités d’une manière ou d’une autre, ce qui entraîne que la joie qui en résulte est également limitée. La joie est limitée par la portée du miracle ou de l’accomplissement, et lorsque les effets du miracle ou de l’accomplissement se dissipent, la joie devient une chose du passé. En outre, il est un dicton de la Michna qui dit : « Celui qui possède cent désire deux cents, et celui qui possède deux cents aspire à quatre cents. » Comment ressentir un bonheur absolu suite à

une certaine réussite quand on sait qu’il y a toujours tellement plus à accomplir ?

Par exemple : à Pessa’h, nous célébrons notre liberté. Certes, nous fûmes libérés, mais tant d’entre nous sont toujours horriblement asservis, à nos emplois, à la pression de nos pairs et (par-dessus tout) à nos pulsions et nos caprices. À Chavouot, nous avons reçu la Torah, mais avons-nous profité pleinement de ce magnifique don de D.ieu ?

Le secret de Soukkot semble être son absence de grand miracle

Le vrai bonheur vient de ce que chaque Juif possède intrinsèquement : une relation personnelle avec D.ieu. Cette relation découle de l’âme divine que chaque Juif possède et qui, il faut l’espérer, s’est révélée à Roch Hachana et à Yom Kippour. La conscience que, quel que puisse être l’état spirituel d’un Juif, cette relation est toujours là (car après tout, un fils ou une fille continue d’être un fils ou une fille, même si il ou elle ne se conforme pas exactement aux souhaits de ses parents), déclenche une joie incroyable. Quoi qu’il arrive, vous êtes connecté à D.ieu, et vous être vraiment important pour Lui !

Ainsi, à Soukkot, nous quittons la sécurité et le confort de nos foyers, en reconnaissant que le vrai bonheur ne vient pas de nos maisons joliment décorées, de notre mobilier design ou de n’importe lequel de nos biens ou de nos accomplissements. Nous sortons dans la Soukka, que le Zohar nomme « l’Ombrage de la Foi », et nous nous concentrons sur notre bien le plus précieux : notre âme divine et notre relation spéciale avec D.ieu.⬢

VIVRE AVEC SOUKKOT

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La vie juive est un calendrier d’objets : le Choffar que l’on sonne à Roch Hachana, la Souccah construite pour Souccot, l’huile ou les bougies allumées les soirs de ‘Hanouccah, la Matsa consommée à Pessa’h, etc.

Les objets doivent avoir certaines dimensions. Une chaise de dix centimètres n’est pas une chaise – vous ne pouvez pas y prendre place –, de même qu’une chaise de dix mètres de haut. C’est pourquoi la Halakha (le code de loi qui définit la vie juive) est remplie de spécifications : la quantité minimum de Matsa qu’il faut manger à Pessa’h, la hauteir maximum de la ménorah de ‘Hanouccah, etc. Pour qu’une chose soit ce qu’elle prétend être, elle ne peut être ni trop petite, ni trop grande.

La Souccah est définie comme « une résidence temporaire » qui va devenir, pendant la durée des sept jours de la fête, la maison du Juif. Elle doit donc avoir une hauteur minimale : moins de 10 Tefa’him (environ un mètre), ce n’est plus une « résidence », c’est un terrier ! Elle ne peut non plus être trop haute : si son plafond est plus haut que 20 Amot (environ 10 mètres), la Souccah est trop imposante pour être considérée une résidence temporaire. La Torah spécifie également les longueurs et largeurs minimales de la Souccah, le nombre de murs obligatoires, le décalage maximum autorisé entre deux murs, sous les murs et au-dessus des murs. Et cela continue : certaines parties du traité talmudique « Souccah » et les chapitres du Code de Loi Juive correspondants ressemblent plus à un manuel d’architecture qu’à un texte religieux.

A tous ces détails n’existe qu’une seule exception : il n’y a aucune limite à la largeur et la longueur de la Souccah. Vous

pouvez construire une Souccah de la grandeur d’une ville, d’un continent, elle restera une Souccah Cachère.

Le Talmud déduit cette loi d’un verset de la Torah et le Rabbi nous en explique le rôle central dans le thème de la fête de Soukkot dont la Souccah est le symbole.

Le verset (Vayikra 23, 42) se lit ainsi : « Dans les Souccot (cabanes) vous résiderez sept jours ; tous les citoyens d’Israël devront résider dans les Souccot ». Dans le verset, le mot « Souccot » qui est le pluriel de « Souccah » est épelé sans la lettre vav, ce qui signifie que ce mot peut également se lire Souccat, « la Souccah [de] ». Ainsi le verset signifie également (selon le système de la Torah qui permet les exégèses multiples) que « tous les citoyens d’Israël doivent résider dans la Souccah ». Le Talmud explique : « la Torah désire indiquer ici qu’il est approprié que tout le peuple d’Israël réside dans une seule Souccah ».

Chacune des fêtes un « rendez vous avec le moment » donnant une qualité spirituelle particulière au cycle de la vie : la liberté à Pessa’h, la connaissance à Chavouot etc. La qualité impartie à Souccot est l’unité. Notre interdépendance et notre unicité en tant que peuple s’expriment par les quatre espèces utilisées à Souccot et par le fait que la Souccah embrasse chaque Juif, chaque type de Juif, chaque individu, dans ses murs.

C’est la raison pour laquelle il est adéquat « que tout le peuple d’Israël réside dans une Souccah unique ». La grande Souccah, la Souccah assez large pour abriter tous les Juifs ensemble ne peut être une violation de la définition de la Souccah, mais elle en est au contraire l’expression la plus adéquate.

Nous, bien sûr, construisons des Souccot de taille bien inférieure. Etant des êtres finis, notre temps, nos ressources et notre capacité sont limités. Mais quelle que soit la taille de la Souccah que nous construisons, nous devons veiller à ce qu’elle soit une « grande Souccah » dans son essence : un chaleureux foyer ouvert à chacun de nos frères.⬢

LA GRANDE SOUKKAH

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SAMEDI OCT 19

Kraya Hoshana Rabba…...........10:30 pm

DIMANCHE OCT 20

Mincha / Maariv & Hakafot…....5:40 pm

LUNDI OCT 21

Cha’harit …….…………….....9:30 am

Mincha / Maariv & Hakafot…....5:40 pm

MARDI OCT 15

Cha’harit …….……………….9:30 am

ATTENDRE SA VENUE

Consciemment Maïmonide enseigne qu’il est nécessaire, pour chacun, de “croire en Machia’h” et “d’attendre sa venue”(Michné Torah, Hil’hot Mela’him, chap.11, Hala’ha 1).Le fait que soit ici soulignée la nécessité de ces deux attitudes indique qu’elles apportent chacune un élément particulier. En effet, la foi peut rester cantonnée au spirituel, sans avoir de conséquence concrète. Ainsi, nos Sages (traité de Talmud Bera’hot 63a) remarquent qu’un “voleur, à la sortie du souterrain, invoque D.ieu” pour réussir dans son entreprise criminelle. C’est pourquoi, outre la foi indispensable, chaque Juif doit aussi “attendre” la venue immédiate de Machia’h de telle manière que cette idée apparaisse dans sa pensée consciente.⬢

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