A Vort From the Sukkos, Rabbi Leibel Schapiro - 5786

from the sukus. There's a where it says, but the words are it'll be for a suk will be a for a shade for during the day and to block out and to hide from zim from from a storm and from a rain. And even though the POS talks about lo but here's the rem of what is the accomplishment the greatness of the mitzvah of suk that it protects you what does it protect you from so it says it protects you from zer and m like I said z means a storm means a rain but the word z and have a there's a hint here the word zm is zion ram the gimatri is 247. The word motor is 249. So the Reb says this is a 247 means you're missing one of the 248 mitzvah. M is 249 means you're adding another one to the 248 mitzvah. And they're both a problem. There's a deen. There's a deen that you're not allowed to add anything to the mitzvah that the ta didn't give and you're not allowed to subtract anything from the mitzvah. There are all kinds of limitations and din that why the raon were able to do it because they didn't add mitzvah to the ta. But to say that the t gave us another mitzvah you're not allowed to that's bes and to say that the t took off a mitzvah that's you're not allowed to. And the rem here is that the union of suk is such a powerful mitzvah that it protects you that you will not behave not on and not on not on Zion that you'll only keep 247 mitzvah you'll take off one and not from 249 that you will not add you will not be not and the reason it mentions first that it protects you from zer which is missing one of the mitzvah cuz that's worse than adding. When you add one, at least you did all the mitzvah. When you add it, you did a you're not allowed to do, but at least you're not missing in the mitzvah. But if you have zer missing a mitzvah, that's worse. And that's why it first says that the protects you from z and then now in truth this is only in importance. But the say that is in says first they say and then seek first don't add and then don't think of why does it mention there first don't add because that's the easier thing that will happen the knows that he can't come to a person tell him don't do a certain mitzvah because why will he listen to him so the first thing it will do is he'll come and say you know what make more from add something that you don't need add another mitzvah that's more chance has that he'll people will listen to him. But if you do that and you start listening to the to add a mitzvah then you'll start listening to the of taking off a mitzvah. So the way that says what you shouldn't do is you shouldn't add because that might be the first thing that the will tell you and then it says don't take off but which one is worse taking off is worse. That's why here when it talks about the suka protecting you from so it first says the worst thing it protects you from the worst thing but not only from the worst thing that you take of a mitzvah even protects you from the second thing which is adding a mitzvah and that just shows for the greatness of the mitzvah the mitzvah is a very clawless a very general mitzvah it's general that it takes around the whole person it's not one part of the person involved in the mitzvah the whole person is in the suk so it's that's general And it says in that mashia will come to go want a mitzvah and will give him one mitzvah and they won't be able to do it but he will give him one which mitzvah suk. So obviously suki is a very general mitzvah. So not this is another point that the ping hints that this kak the special energy that's there in the mitzvah of suk that that protects you not to behave on and not to behave on not to subtract the mitzvah which is z and not to add a mitzvah which is motor but to do the mitzvah the way the wants exactly without any changes.