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muman613:
The Lubavitch Rebbe during davening, and shaking the 4 species.

muman613:
One of my favorite Israeli movies is Ushpizin, the story about a Breslov family in Israel being granted a couple of miracles. These miracles come amidst a lot of pain and suffering, both between the husband and wife and the guests.



Here is most of the scene when the first miracle happens:



Here is the 'trailer' for the movie:



Here is the entire movie on YouTube (Running length 1hr30min):

muman613:
Just about 40 minutes till the Festival of Sukkot begins here...

To follow up on an idea I posted in the thread above... The idea that the Lulav acts as a sword or a spear as we wave it in victory...


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Sukkot(Leviticus 22:26-23:44)

The Joy of Victory

The lulav and etrog are weapons of war and the fact that we hold them shows us to be the victors. But in what contest? And how are these plants to be viewed as weapons?

"But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the crop of the land, you shall celebrate God's festival for a seven day period ... You shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a citron tree, the branches of date palms, twigs of a plaited tree, and brook willows; and you shall rejoice before the Lord, your God, for a seven day period." (Leviticus 23: 39-40)

The rejoicing of Sukkot is thus associated by the Torah with the commandment of taking the four species. This association has been explored extensively by the commentators using many different approaches. This is what one Midrash has to say about it:

This commandment is a parable that describes two people who contend in a legal battle before the King. Although the two people were not informed in whose favor the judgment was issued, they can figure it out by looking to see who walks out still holding his weapons. Thus Israel along with the nations of the world face the Divine judgment on the Day of Atonement. We cannot tell which one emerged victorious, which is why God commanded You shall take for yourselves ... You can see from the fact that Israel emerges from before God holding its palm leaves and citrons, its lulav and etrog, that Israel emerged victorious. (Midrash Rabba, Vayikra 30:3)

Apparently, the lulav and etrog are weapons of war that the vanquished would need to surrender; the fact that we hold them shows us to be the victors. But in what contest? How are these plants to be viewed as weapons? What is the association between facing judgment on the Day of Atonement and this victory? What is the true connection between the Day of Atonement and the joy of Sukkot?
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muman613:

muman613:
Birchat Kohanim at the Kotel today:

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