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Rabbi Moshe Haber- The Sukkah: Embrace, Shade, and Spirituality 10.5.25 · Rabbi Moshe Haber - Daily Mussar/Weekly Perasha

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  So we have upcoming the holidays, Sukkot and in some
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  ways the Sukkah is the maybe pretty underrated place.
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  And Mitzvah and Yan, I'll tell you what I mean.
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  That means that the Sukkah itself is a very spiritual
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  place. I'll give you one example.
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  We have this idea that we do the ish cuisine, cuisine.
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  Each day we welcome in a different guest, Abraham Itzhak
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  Meerkov, 7 days, 7 guests. And the idea is a unique thing.
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  What does it mean? You have Abraham coming on on
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  one day, it's hot coming. You talk at this day.
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  What is this concept? And these are words brought down
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  from the heart of this concept. But the theme is, is that the
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  sukkah is a term. The name for this guy is called
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  Soto de en Ruta. Soto de Ruta means you're in the
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  shade of Hashem. So the spiritual level of a
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  Zuka, like I said, underrated. It's an unbelievably highly
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  spiritual place. In fact, I think you can say
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  that the zuka in a way is the most spiritual place on earth.
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  Sense Now a shul has shul, remember that has the only
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  unique qualities. That's because they're
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  designated for service. So when something is designated
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  for service, it has a very important level as well for the
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  suka without designation, just the fact that suka is a suka is
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  an extremely spiritual place. For example, a president should
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  avoid talking things that are inappropriate in a suka because
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  of that level of spirituality. And you should recognize the
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  fact that in the very holy place, OK, it's called the shade
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  of Hashem now. So the Dermuto, the shade of
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  Hashem now, why isn't a point to know it's a shade of Hashem?
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  So here's the thing I want to lead to, and that is that we
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  know there's two cars supposed to be more shade than sun.
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  I mean, this car has to be there.
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  You have Sodom and as he can have major gaps where there's
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  too much sun coming in, you have to have some sun coming in, but
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  more shade than sun. Now how does that relate to
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  first kind of very relates in depth is that that idea of
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  having more shade than sun is a literal halacha, but it's also a
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  very deep concept and that is that a person supposed to be
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  more in the shade of Hashem and they are in the shadow of Hashem
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  than they are under the sun. Now what does that mean?
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  So let's go a little deeper. The sun represents nature.
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  The sun represents I don't call wealth, but represents basic
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  natural things. When someone's going into more
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  shade than sun, what they are saying is I'm going more into
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  Hashem's hands than I am into nature.
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  That's actually the deeper theme of the zuka.
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  They stepping into Hashem's hands more than you are nature.
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  That's the idea. So you put in more shade than
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  sun, you're blocking out nature because you're going into God's
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  hands. That's the idea.
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  I'm going to tell you again, it's a very and I think we break
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  it down or get cloudy again. That's the first one.
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  The first one is that this Zuka is an extremely powerful place,
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  and the core of its power is value in a shem Shem's Shea
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  Shem's hands, so to speak. You know, on that point, by the
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  way, you know, the sugar has to be two walls, three walls,
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  really. Two walls and a drop.
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  All right, Two walls and a like, you know the idea because you're
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  in a Shem's embrace, and an embrace is like this.
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  One arm, 1/2 of the arm and the half of the arm and the hand.
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  So 2 walls and a drop, that's the idea.
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  So you're literally in a sham shade and you know sham is
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  embrace. That's the idea.
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  Now listen to this game. I know it's going to start off
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  very random, but his explanation is deep and relates to this
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  point. Tenderabana mass Saberly is it?
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  There's a story with a rabbit who is sitting in someone's Suka
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  Hegia Hamada Suka to the sun started to shine down on the
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  suka amarlo on Rabbi SL Driver. Rabbi, am I allowed to put a
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  sheet over the sukkah? The sun is shining down too
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  much. Can I put a sheet to block out
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  the sun? What's the Haleh Khan Shabbat?
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  You let him put a sheet over Sukkah amarlo?
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  The rabbi answer. This is left field.
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  The rabbi answer with those random statement he said and the
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  car called Shavette. They share it.
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  Mr. Hill, she'll go, hey, meet me men or shop it.
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  There hasn't been a tribe of the Jewish people who never had
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  didn't have a judge. Exactly.
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  It's a very strange camera. We were changing subject, right.
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  The rather the question was, are you allowed to put a sheet over
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  the suka? It's too much sun you can relate
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  to in a second. All you like to put a sheet over
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  a suka, it's too sunny. Can I put a sheet and they're
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  out and the response was what are you doing Jennifer you there
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  are there has been no tribe without a judge was what his
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  apples have to do with this wonder what's going on.
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  So now the sun starts to get stronger.
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  The sun starts to come over to the center to go.
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  Now deciding to beat down even harder.
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  He tells him can I put the sheet?
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  He tells him it hasn't been a tribe that went without a
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  prophet. You're not talking to me.
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  A model in the car called Chevy to share myself.
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  Should I assume Naveen? I understand.
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  And then the stuns start to beat down really hard and without
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  even asking the question to get these ridiculous answers, it
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  seems he took a sheet, covered the Zucca, called a day,
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  strangest came out of ever. He's asking the question, are
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  you allowed to put a sheet over the Zucca because it's too
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  sunny? He's being answered.
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  Every tribe has had a judge. He asked the question again
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  because it got more difficult. He was answered.
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  Every tribe has had a prophet. He asked the question for the
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  third time because the sun was beating down so much, and he
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  said, you know, enough with this.
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  He covered the sukkah himself. What in the world is going on in
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  this kimono? All right, Wonder what was going
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  on with this kimono. Charles, have any idea?
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  Sounds like left fields, right? You hear their words left field
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  as it gets. So there's another explanation.
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  Told you before that this, this shade of a sukkah represents the
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  idea that we're going into Hashem's hands and out of
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  nature. That's what represents the sun
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  is nature and the shade is Hashem.
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  This is a rabbi singing as Surat literally but also figuratively.
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  She was a very wealthy rabbit, a very wealthy rabbi with a lot of
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  business. And he asked the question, can I
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  go more? Can I cover the sukkah?
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  Which meant, says the Khatan Sofir, can I cover the sukkah?
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  Meaning can I get less involved in my business?
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  Can I get less involved in my natural income and get more
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  involved than Hashem? You know, learn more not be so
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  busy with my money because I want to be able to be involved
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  with Hashem. I want to move out of the sun
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  and more less involved in material and get more involved
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  with my learning. This is this question in the
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  idea he was very wealthy man and he answers this question Charles
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  the other question nothing he was he said sheet.
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  He said sheet covering the sun. But he really meant as a
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  metaphor. Can I move out of my current
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  state where I'm a wealthy person and I want to get more involved
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  in learning. I got rid of my business and I
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  go more into learning and the answer was answer was every
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  tribe has had a judge. What that meant was
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  figuratively, every single type of person in their state has had
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  a leader. Don't leave your role.
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  Your role is perfect for you. I know you have wealth and I
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  know you have business and you're trying to get out of it.
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  It's good for you. So he asked the question again
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  because his son started to get stronger, which meant he got
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  wealthier, more business, and now he was getting really,
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  really felt bad. Too much business for me.
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  I want to learn. I want to, I don't want to be
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  this kind of person. Can I cover this sheet?
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  Can I move out of my business and go straight into learning?
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  Totally. So that I can spend more time
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  and I show him his hands. Now the question is clear as you
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  follow the question. And the rabbi ignored him again.
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  He said it hasn't been a tribe without a prophet.
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  In other words, I shall put you into your role.
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  You're a unique situation. You're a wealthy rabbi.
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  Unique situation. Continue your role, don't move
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  out. Continue to make money.
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  Continue to make money and learn.
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  Do your thing. Then the sun started to beat
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  down like crazy, which means he became an extremely, extremely
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  wealthy man. And then he just started on his
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  own, right. Asking the question for me
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  personally, I only have 120 years to live on this earth.
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  It's too much sun. In other words, I'm clearly
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  being pulled too much materialism.
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  It's beyond the need for a judge, beyond the need for a
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  profit. In other words, there's no need
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  as a leader for me to have this much sun.
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  I'm going to make the decision myself, spread the sheet over
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  the sukkah, which meant I'm going to move out of my business
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  now because I'm so wealthy. I don't need it anymore.
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  Maybe I'll sell his shares, whatever it is.
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  I'm not going to Torah full time.
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  But the process of this camera is showing you, and this man was
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  debating what do I do in my role?
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  I have a lot of material and I also have a lot of capability in
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  Torah. I'm a rabbi.
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  What do I do? Do I move out from my business
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  part He was told no. Second time he was told no.
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  Only when he was extremely wealthy.
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  Beyond all means, he was able to be told or either made decision
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  on his own. Cover the sukkah with the XI.
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  That's the metaphor of this camera.
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  So the camera itself sounded like Chinese, but this is the
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  metaphor. Now.
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  There's two things to take away when it's coming up.
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  One thing take away is if a person is placed in a unique
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  situation. Wealthy rabbi, right?
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  He has a business. I know how to learn.
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  Don't think you know, I have to do away with this.
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  Strange I have to go all one way.
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  If you're in a unique situation, God put you there for a reason.
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  Keep it only when it's, excuse me, only when it's over the top.
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  It's extreme. He only has a certain amount of
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  time to live. Does he change the situation?
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  Aside from that, you leave it up to Hashem and you accept your
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  role as is. That's point #1 and there's
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  tsuka point. Our tsuka.
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  Is that our tsuka? Literally that it's she which
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  puts us, blocks us out from materialism, and sun represents
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  materialism. So the previous point, which is
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  that materialism is sun because the sun, if you go drop deeper,
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  there's a difference between the sun and the moon.
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  What's difference between the sun and the moon?
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  The sun is always strong, Sun is always whole.
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  The moon has ups and downs. The sun represents full
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  materialism because materialism is something called nature and
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  nature is something that's basically in a certain sense,
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  very automatic. It's a system.
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  And the idea of going into the sukkah is he going into the
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  shade of Hashem and you're getting out of nature.
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  That's what you see in the story as well, going into the shade of
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  Hashem, getting out of nature, you're getting out of
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  materialism through sense. That's the overall idea and the
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  deeper idea of the sukkah. All right, that's the previous
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  thing. And one last point on this
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  embrace of Hashem, this idea of she, this idea of getting out of
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  nature is that we know that when it comes to income specifically,
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  it can be all over the place. People have UPS, people have
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  downs, people have good times and bad times.
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  That's how income works. Part of the idea of going into
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  the shade of Hashem outside of the sun is down like this.
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  I recognize the fact that the sun always be down the same,
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  which means I want to have it always the same, but I'm in
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  Hashem's embrace, which also means I have ups and downs.
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  I don't have that same steady, always the same income, but I'm
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  good with that because that's how sham is embrace.
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  That's another item that the Sukana tells us if you follow
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  that point, which means if you're in a sham's hands, you're
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  outside of the automatic natural system of nature.
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  Nature is more automatic, but it's also not so much cars.
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  Whereas I'm going into Hashem is embraced.
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  When I go into the cigar, it's more of a sense of the fact that
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  it may not be as steady beating down like the sun, but it's a
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  sham is embraced. And that's the final point with
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  this idea of the shade, which when you're not Hashem's hands,
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  it's not automatic system. It's not always every day the
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  same, but it's a shem system, so that's better.
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  That's another thing with this cigar.
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  Let's just pull out these different points and I hope we
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  got them. The opening point was the idea
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  of a Zuka being more shade than sun is a way of saying I'm going
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  out of the of the mindset of nature of automatic materialism.
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  I'm going into Hashem's hands. That's Hashem is blocking out
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  the sun point of 1. All right.
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  The second point is he came out, told us with the story of the
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  Zuka, and this rabbi had a Side Story, which was he was being
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  told through the sukkah metaphor.
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  He's being told to stick to his role until he had his mind too
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  much materialism. Then the story changed.
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  But aside from that, stick to his role.
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  And the final point is, and our idea of being in the sukkah, our
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  idea of being under the shade is an idea of being.
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  And I shams embrace. And even if that means you're
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  not going to have the same automatic system, everyone says
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  to themselves, people say all the time, I wish my business is
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  always the same. I wish I can go to sleep.
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  I wake up in the morning and it's always going to be the
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  same. We all wish that because you
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  have a certain steadiness, you have a certain automatic
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  element. You have a certain element that
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  gives you calm when you go into Hashem's embrace called the
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  shade, which is a scrub. We are saying is I know it's up
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  and down. I know it's not like the sun
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  which is steady, but it's also God's.
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  And that's fine with me. Which means this certain level
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  of nervousness that we all have, worry that we have, because when
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  it comes to income, it's always up and down.
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  But you recognize the fact that it may not be as steady as the
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  sun, as automatic as the sun, but it's far greater because the
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  sham is Braves. Because our final point is if
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  the zucca is literally going into Hashem's home, that's what
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  it is. And when you're in Hashem's home
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  and we said it may not be as steady, but it's far greater
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  because you're in a much more comfortable guaranteed mindset.
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  The final point is this, the sukkah may not be as guaranteed.
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  The income of Hashem may not be as guaranteed in our eyes, but
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  it's a guaranteed because of who it's coming from.
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  Which means the sukkah itself in Hashem's embrace is coming from
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  the greatest source. So it gives you the degree of
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  calm. Are you calm business job?
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  Typically you calm business, No. Why you not coming?
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  There's a nervous wreck. Why you nervous?
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  Break it down. I don't know what's coming,
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  right? The reason we're always nervous
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  because you don't know what's coming.
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  We don't know what tomorrow's going to bring.
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  We all wish for the sun mentality, Every one of us, no
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  matter who we are, we all wish for the sun somehow for some
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  reason and never happens. Why is that the case?
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  Why do you think it's the case that we never get that
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  steadiness? And that's sort of, you know,
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  calm. By God telling us you're good,
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  don't worry about the next year, you're good, I mean.
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  The steadiness is actually a negative because when you go
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  backwards, you go forward much stronger.
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  Right to this, the steadiness has two negative elements to it.
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  One, when it comes to your belief in Hashem, there's no way
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  to fully it's it's harder to fully believe in Hashem when you
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  are resting settled and you're perfectly fine.
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  It's harder. There's always you know, I feel
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  good, I'm calm. You don't think I Hashem as much
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  when you have a degree of of worry, you think of a share
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  more. And secondly, tomorrow's this
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  point, which is your development comes from that level of
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  insecurity, from that degree of maybe not, don't go to work
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  worry, but I think we are being on your toes, right, Every,
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  Yeah. Is the only thing that you can
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  rely on this change, And if you can rely on change, that's all
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  you can do. You don't know what's coming,
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  like they both said, so therefore you have to rely on.
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  Right. To guide you through, right.
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  But relying on change is a very scary thing is your point.
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  So when you go into how it works, we are all, no matter who
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  we are, we're all in any business that you're in, you're
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  in a state of flux. No matter how it works, everyone
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  is in a state of flux. And it's by far the most
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  frustrating thing you say yourself.
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  I just wish, you know, you see these guys who are the
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  government workers exactly. They just have this steady
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  income. It might be small, but it's
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  steady, It's guaranteed. It's always the same.
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  He says, what do we have to be in the most volatile up and down
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  mindset business, right? But the reality is being in this
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  volatile mindset makes you stronger as a person, makes you
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  a better businessman for sure, because you're always on your
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  toes, common new ideas. And it develops your real belief
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  in Hashem. Because over time you start to
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  realize it works out. I have no idea what two weeks
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  from now is going to bring, but it works out and it works out
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  and it works out. And that for you gives you a far
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  greater connection to God. So the sukkah literally
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  represents that. It's not the sun.
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  It's not steady nature, it's not automatic.
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  The sun is automatic. We actually going to see how we
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  block out the sun 'cause we're more happy, we're happier being
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  in the shade, we're more comfortable being in the
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  unsettled waters of the God's waters than we are being settled
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  waters outside of God. That's literally how it works.
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  And that's the pasuk and kochadas Takata Shamesh,
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  shamesh. The sun is nature.
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  We like to be in the shade, under the sun, not in the sun.
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  And that's the idea of the sukkah.
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  So you're going into Hashem's house, you're going into
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  Hashem's embrace, and you're going into Hashem's sensing
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  comfort. And it's the volatile but
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  comfortable world that we live in is what the sukkah
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  represents. Can we start with that?