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shulman's avatar

I love laying in my bed in the Sukkah under the schach and sky and it feels like a hug. I appreciate the idea that Hashem's love is through His hashgacha pratis (as we find by chanukah, as the noda byehuda is maarich) a feeling which your shtikel puts into words (i feel like ופרוש עלינו סוכת שלומך has these kinds of beautiful huggy undertones as well)

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Isha Yiras Hashem's avatar

Moadim lsimcha!

The commandment to be happy, according to the Gra, is the hardest one.

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rkz's avatar

According to the גר"א the חיוב to sit in the סוכה in שמיני עצרת was never abolished.

When I was a teenager in the US, I sat in the סוכה

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