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תֹו ּכ ֻּסַּב י ִכ םֶכי ֵתרד ּוע ְּדֵי ןַע ַמְּל םי ִמָּי 'ז ּוב ְּ ׁש ֵּת תֹ ּכ ֻּסַּב" ]במ,גכ ארקיו[ בי ִתכ ְּּ ]א[

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ןאָּכ ְּו ,ר ֵס ָּח "תֹ ּכ ֻּסַּב" בי ִת ְּכ הָּּ ל ִח ְּת ִמ ."םִי ָּר ְּצ ִמ ץ ֶר ֶא ֵמ 'ֹוג ְּו ל ֵא ָּר ְּשִי יֵנ ְּב ת ֶא י ִת ְּב ַ ׁשֹוה
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ל ֶ ׁש תֹו ּכ ֻס ד ָּח ֶא ,ּוב ְּ ׁשָּּי ֶ ׁש תֹו ּכ ֻס יֵני ִמ 'ב תֹורֹוהְּל אָּּ ל ֶא ,אֵל ָּמ בי ִת ְּכ "י ִת ְּב ַ ׁשֹוה תֹו ּכ ֻּסַּב"
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2 .גע ְּו ןֹוחי ִס תֹומֲחְּל ִמ ְּב תֹורָּיֲע ָּה לַע ּורָּּצ ֶ ׁש הָּע ָּ ׁש ְּב ׁש ָּּמ ַמ תֹו ּכ ֻס ד ָּח ֶא ְּו ,דֹובָּּכ יֵנְּנַע
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תֹומי ִב ְּד םּו ּשמ ׁ ִ 3 ,םִי ַר ְּצ ִמ ת ַאי ִצְּי ן ַמְּז אּוה ֶ ׁש ןָּסיִנ ְּב אל ְּו י ֵר ְּ ׁש ִת ְּב ֹוז הָּו ְּצ ִמ הָּו ִצ ְּו
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י ֵר ְּ ׁש ִת ְּב ןֵּכ ןי ֵא ֶ ּ ׁש ה ַמ ,םֹח ַה יֵנ ְּּפ ִמ תֹו ּכ ֻּסַּב ב ֵ ׁשיֵל ך ֶר ֶד ןֵכ י ִכ הָּו ְּצ ִּמ ַה רָּּכִנ ֹוני ֵא ה ָּּמ ַח ַה
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4 :הָּו ְּצ ִמְּל אּוה ֶ ׁש רָּּכִנ ז ָּא ְּו ,םי ִמ ָּ ׁשְּּג ַה תֹומְּי ּועיִּג ִה רָּב ְּכ ֶ ׁש
םדו רשב
addition of [the seemingly unnecessary] letter Elya Rabba however questions this medrash at
vav. See also the Netziv (He’Emek Davar) who face value and suggests that perhaps it is the
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also understands that both approaches are building of the succah which will help tilt the
legitimate. י scales of judgement in our favor. It is also
reported in the name of the Vilna Gaon that
3. The underlying concept of the mitzva when the Jews constructed the golden calf,
of succah is to remember how we were the clouds of glory departed from their midst.
sheltered (either by the clouds, or by actual After we were forgiven on Yom Kippur, Moshe
booths) when we left Egypt. Accordingly, it commanded us to build the mishkan for an
would seem more appropriate to celebrate atonement, and for the next two days, people
Succos at the same time as Pesach. The Tur brought their donations of gold and silver.
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explains that while this would in fact be more When its construction began on the 15th of
appropriate, since it was common for people Tishrei, the Shechina returned to our midst
to leave their insulated houses in the spring and so did the clouds of glory. See also Aruch
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and summer and live in more airy, temporary Hashulchan who explains that the reason why
structures, our intention to do so for the sake Succos follows Yom Kippur is in order to teach
of a mitzva wouldn’t be clear and so the Torah us that even after we have sinned against
commands us to leave our homes at the onset Hashem, He still protects us as we sit in His
of the winter season and head out to the more shade.
temporary structures. The medrash (Psikta d’R’
Kahana) however teaches us that the reason 4. R’ Akiva, who understands the mitzva
why Succos is celebrated in Tishrei is in case is commemorative of the booths we dwelled
our verdict was decided on Yom Kippur that in the desert, understands that the primary
we are worthy of being exiled, and in an effort focus of succah is to remember yetzias
to fulfill this decree, we leave our houses a few Mitzrayim. According to R’ Eliezer however, the
days later and go out to live in the succah. The Torah bids us to remember how Hashem

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