Entering Sukkot with Rav Shlomo Katz
Sep 22, 2026 · 20 min · 7 segments
Rav Shlomo Katz explores the profound distinction between essential love (*Ahavah*) and affectionate fondness (*Chibah*). Drawing on the Tur, Midrashic commentaries, and Rav Kook, Rav Shlomo…
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We all know that Sukkot, that what's coming up right now, is Eichel Hananei Hakavod.
Like we were saying this morning, it doesn't make that much sense that Sukkot is right now.
Why dafka is it right now? Why is Sukkot right now? I'll keep shot of the Pesukim.
What's the timing of it? What is it doing right now? There's a famous machlok et masach et sukkah between Rabbi Yezer and Rabbi Akiva.
And the question was, was it literally Sukkot, like Hatz, like Rabbi Akiva said? Is that what actually happened? Did we come out of Mitzrayim and live in Hatz? Or is it Zecher, or is it like we say, Ananei HaKavod, like Rabbi Eliezer says? Or was it Kivyachos Sukkot? But really it was clouds of glory, and it's a famous machlokas.
And we also need to understand, according to Rabbi Akiva, why do we have to remember the Sukkot that we... that we left mitzrayim in, because these sukkahs were made from psolet goren v'yekiv.
What's the nais over there? What's going on over here? There's a lot to say here.
And what I love about this sikha is that he'll bring a bunch of rishonim, achronim, and then he ends off by saying, v'libi omerli, which means like after we learned, after we went in and out, now I have to listen to what my heart says.
We all know that Sukkot, that what's coming up right now, is Eichel Hananei Hakavod.
Like we were saying this morning, it doesn't make that much sense that Sukkot is right now.
Why dafka is it right now? Why is Sukkot right now? I'll keep shot of the Pesukim.
What's the timing of it? What is it doing right now? There's a famous machlok et masach et sukkah between Rabbi Yezer and Rabbi Akiva.
And the question was, was it literally Sukkot, like Hatz, like Rabbi Akiva said? Is that what actually happened? Did we come out of Mitzrayim and live in Hatz? Or is it Zecher, or is it like we say, Ananei HaKavod, like Rabbi Eliezer says? Or was it Kivyachos Sukkot? But really it was clouds of glory, and it's a famous machlokas.
And we also need to understand, according to Rabbi Akiva, why do we have to remember the Sukkot that we... that we left mitzrayim in, because these sukkahs were made from psolet goren v'yekiv.
What's the nais over there? What's going on over here? There's a lot to say here.
And what I love about this sikha is that he'll bring a bunch of rishonim, achronim, and then he ends off by saying, v'libi omerli, which means like after we learned, after we went in and out, now I have to listen to what my heart says.
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