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                   teaching a person to serve Hashem with all his might. A combination of
                   both these words produces the word     . One should not forget the
                   essence of these exalted days, when we can gain closeness to Hashem and
                   reinforce our connection to His Torah.







 What is the connection between the sukkah and the Four Species? Why
 didn’t Hashem command us to take Four Species on Pesach? And why
 are we adjured to begin building the sukkah immediately after Yom
 Kippur?
                   “Now Hashem has fulfilled His word that He
 After Yom Kippur, one is liable to feel a spiritual setback. Occupying  spoke, for I have risen in place of my father,
 oneself with building the sukkah, in commemoration of the Clouds of  David, and I sit on the throne of Israel as
 Glory, will enable him to extend the Yom Kippur experience to the
 following days. Building a temporary hut drives home the fact that one is  Hashem spoke, and I have built the Temple for
 in this world for only a brief time. This encourages him to maintain his  the Name of Hashem, G-d of Israel”
 teshuvah.                                                   (Melachim I, 8:20)

 The initials of the words     spell the word  (chair). During
 the days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, one connects to the Heavenly
 Throne, drawing spiritual abundance upon himself for the entire year.
 There are four days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, alluding to the four
 “legs” of the Merkavah, which are the three Avot and David Hamelech.
 One connects himself to them as he builds his sukkah.

 We take Four Species on Sukkot as opposed to any other festival because
 they signify the unity of Am Yisrael, as they correspond to various parts
 of the body. When one takes them, he affirms his desire to live in harmony
 with his fellow Jew and dedicate both his physical and spiritual organs to
 the fulfillment of Hashem’s will. Thus, he continues on the path he began
 on Yom Kippur.
 Why are we instructed to take specifically these species? It is a Torah
 mandate which we cannot understand. The Satan makes us slip up by
 confronting us with things we do not understand, undermining our faith.
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