“Ye shall dwell in booths seven days... That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to swell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the L-rd our G-d” (Leviticus, 23:42, 43). A Sukkah is a temporary hut resembling the temporary home G-d had the Israelites live in when he brought them out of Egypt. Just as Leviticus 23:41 says: “And ye shall keep it a feast unto the L-rd seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in our generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month,” we keep this feast as a statute that G-d commanded. We spend time in the booths: eating, in fellowship with one another, and praying.

When a person enters the Sukkah, they enter with their entire self -- body, mind, soul, and heart. It is a time when you bring yourself into a holy place. It is our prayer that you also enter a Sukkah during this appointed time and be blessed.