Rabbi Levinsky Sermon: October 10
Sukkot is called z’man simchateinu — the season of our joy — but its joy is layered. It’s not escape or indulgence; it’s release. After the intensity of the High Holy Days, Sukkot invites us to breathe again, to celebrate the sheer fact of being alive. We step outside, sit beneath a roof that lets the stars shine through, and remember that life’s beauty is inseparable from its fragility. The sukkah reminds us: we are temporary dwellings, sustained not by walls, but by gratitude, community, and faith in the wind that still holds us.
