Quick Talk - Sukkos in three minutes with Rabbi Eli Bohm

[Music] the holiday of sukkas also known as manson the festival of rejoicing after the intense period of juvo and prayer during rosh hashanah yam kippur we rejoice over our new founded closeness to hashem confident that he has forgiven our sins in addition sukkas takes place during the harvest season an appropriate time to rejoice over the blessings god gave us the suck is made of three or four walls and a roof called the walls can be made from any material as long as they can withstand an average wind the schach must be made from material that grows from the ground such as bamboo wood or leaves the mats sold in the stores with a kosher certification are a very very convenient option but one must make sure to secure them properly a good advice is placing a piece of wood on top of them so they don't blow away in the wind the minimum dimensions of a sukkah are seven twelfth wide by seven twelfth long and tenth falcon high that's approximately twenty four and a half inches by twenty 24.5 inches and 35 inches high it can be as large as you want but no higher than 20 ammos which is approximately 35 feet it is a mitzvah to decorate the sucker because it's going to be our home for the holiday and hashem himself is going to visit our home for all the days of circus all males above the age of bar mitzvah must eat drink sleep and spend time in the sukkah boys around the age of six should also be trained not to eat out of a sukkah woman and girls are not required to eat in the sukkah but it's certainly a mitzvah for them as well meals must be eaten in the sukkah but certain snacks and drinks can be eaten out of the sukkah however many try hard not to eat or drink anything out of the sukkah out of love for the special mitzvah although many people sleep in the sukkah nowadays for various reasons some people sleep indoors before eating bread or a significant amount of mizonas foods such as cake one must recite to bracha one should spend as much time as possible in the sukkah the atmosphere of circus should be festive and spiritual and care must be taken not to speak or do anything unfit for such a holy place it is especially praiseworthy to study torah in the sukkah on serious we preferably eat in the sukkah but we do not make the bracha lesha basaka towards the end of the day we say goodbye to the sukkah and many sing the urushila [Music] you