Temporary Living – Reflections at Sukkot 5780
I was listening to one of our group members check-in during this morning’s Mussar Va’ad (group) session, our first gathering since before the High Holy Days. Suddenly, I was struck by a thought: My celebration of Sukkot this year is more real than maybe ever before! One person was sharing about a recent transition she and her husband had made in their lives: moving, a new grandchild, and she was reflecting on how that had set with her during the Holy Days. It walloped me like a thunderbolt – I am like those ancestors of ours whom we are recalling during this season of temporary dwellings. We, too, are in limbo. Let me explain. In about 5-6 weeks’ time, Laura and I will move to our new home, the one hinted at in the title of this new blog site I recently initiated. Sometime in mid-November, we will make our move to the meadow in which our new home is located. In the meantime, we have been living in our home of almost twenty years for over a month in a state in which, in so man...