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The sefer Pituchei Chotam reveals that Hashem created the world in six 19 vaikra
days, because it hints to the fact that the world will exist for six thousand
years, and in the seventh thousand each person will receive his reward.
The festivals of Pesach and Sukkot last for seven days, indicating that the
festivals possess the qualities of the seven thousandth year. Shemini
Atzeret corresponds to the number eight, which is above nature. This is
why it is celebrated independently.
The Pituchei Chotam further explains that the four species correspond to
the limbs of a person’s body, which he is obligated to guard with
kedushah so that they should not, chas v’shalom, be defiled.
On Yom Kippur, during Minchah, the parashah teaching about the
severity of forbidden relations is read. Immediately afterwards, Sukkot is