When Is Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot Read?
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Summary
On the Shabbat during Sukkot, we are reminded of the age-old desire to know God. Moses implores God to let him see God. While God will not allow Moses to see God’s face, God tells Moses, “I will make My goodness pass before you…” Perhaps we experience the divine presence through the goodness we create in the world. The Torah then sets forth the thirteen attributes of God, among them that God is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. By emulating these very attributes, we create the goodness which allows us to know God.
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Ten Minutes of Torah: Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot Commentary
Sukkot and the Shelter of the Body
By: Rabbi Minna Bromberg
This Sukkot, may we practice unlearning lifetimes of body shame to find the everyday holiness in our own physical forms. May we honor the ways that our bodies change all the time, just like our sukkot — through our own choices of adornment or reinforcement, and through changes we are powerless to influence.
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