1.0Virtual Talmudhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmudRabbi Eliyahu Sternhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/author/esternSukkot's Lessons, Lost on Us? - Virtual Talmudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RMP7b89E2C"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/10/sukkots-lessons-lost-on-us.html">Sukkot’s Lessons, Lost on Us?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/10/sukkots-lessons-lost-on-us.html/embed#?secret=RMP7b89E2C" width="600" height="338" title="“Sukkot’s Lessons, Lost on Us?” — Virtual Talmud" data-secret="RMP7b89E2C" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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It’s ironic that Rabbi Grossman sees Sukkot as an enjoyable holiday. In its essence, the holiday is meant to make us feel uncomfortable and challenge our sense of rootedness and complacency. Yes it might say in Scripture that you should feel a sense of happiness and perhaps socially for some that does happen, but Rabbi…