The Fallen Sukkah of Dovid

What's this connection between the holiday of Sukkot and this futuristic aspect that we just described about the future redemption? As I mentioned, we have the Haftaris of Sukkot that deal with futuristic redemption.

Then of course we have the passage from From the Novi Zechariah that says that the Yontav of Sukkot is going to be the testing ground for all the nations of the world.

This is how G-d is going to test the nations of the world in terms of what they're going to do on Sukkot, whether they're going to come up to Yerushalayim, whether they will pay homage to the Jewish people.

and to the Bais HaMikdash at the time of Sukkot.

So again, there you have both aspects that we mentioned earlier.

A, the universal aspect of Sukkot, where all the nations of the world.

We mentioned earlier that the nations of the world actually came in the days of Shlomo HaMelech to hear the words of Shlomo, the wisdom of Solomon, in Yerushalayim on Sukkot.

But again, in the future, the nations again are going to be expected... to make a Hajj, or a pilgrimage, to Jerusalem, when? On Sukkos.

So you have both connections there.

The universal aspect of Sukkos, as well as the apocalyptic aspect, as well as the Gula, the Lo'oset Lavo, the Mashiach times, that comes together on Sukkos.

You have that all in this passage from the Novi Zechariah, that Chag Sukkos is going to be the testing ground of the nations of the world.

Many of you are familiar with the Gemara in Avodah Zarah, Dav Beis and Dav Gimel.

We've made reference to this many, many times.

That it's going to be the mitzvah of Sukkah by which G-d is going to judge the nations of the world.

And it's going to be the mitzvah of Sukkah, that the nations are going to be judged by whether they perform the mitzvah of Sukkah.

Gamma Novi Omus, and this is of course really the key to understanding this phrase that we have in Benching.

The Novi Omus, Misnabe, where it says, the quotation is, So it's really a paraphrase of this passage from the Novi Omus where G-d says, on that day I will reestablish and erect the fallen sukkah of David.

So what does it mean, fallen sukkah of David? Now many of you perhaps remember that we learned this in the Gemara in Sanhedrin, in Perek Chalik, for those of you that remember, that the Gemara in Sanhedrin refers to Moshiach as Bar Nafli.

Remember Bar Nafli? Son of the fallen one.

Where did that expression come from, Bar Nafli? It comes on account of this passage from Amos.

So Moshiach is actually referred to as the son of the fallen.

Machmas Pasek is because of this Pasek.

And that's why we pray on Sukkot, Hashem should reestablish for us the fallen Sukkot of David.

So now we have to understand, Zor Ch'albehaven, HaKesher, Bein Sukkos U'Mashiach, what's the connection between Sukkos and Mashiach, and also why is this name out of all you know, titles or adjectives or epithets chosen for Mashiach to refer to him as Bar-Nathli, son of the fallen, on account of this posseg that talks about the fallen sukkah of David.

Why the fallen sukkah of David? Why is Mashiach given this attribution? My time in Ikram, Mashiach beshames us.