We are not yet able to fully appreciate the greatness of the Sukkot holiday. It is a very significant and special holiday. During this time, the connection between all people and the Creator is revealed as we praise Him. He accepts our blessing, creates the correct connection between us, and elevates us to the degree of the final correction.

This applies not only to Kabbalists but to the entire people of Israel and, in fact, all the people of the world. Therefore, each person has the opportunity to thank the Creator for the spiritual elevation experienced during the holiday of Sukkot.

Sukkot is an internal state a person goes through on certain calendar dates alongside others who are in the same attainment and sensation.

The covering of the sukkah is made from what are called “the waste of barn and winery,” which come from places where human food is produced: bread and wine. Even from this waste, we can derive spiritual benefits if we relate correctly to everything given to us in this world. This means that I justify the Creator in all that happens and perceive everything as beneficial, even if it initially seems unfavorable.

In other words, I justify the work of the Creator completely, in everything He sends me, including the “waste of barn and winery,” and I thank Him for everything in the full measure. For me, the Creator is perfect and nature is perfect.

Everything that is revealed to me in my work to draw closer to the Creator is the result of the Creator’s work. Even the part of the work that seems like unnecessary waste, I must elevate and turn into a covering over my head, i.e., transform it into faith above reason, into holiness.

From one part, I managed to make “bread and wine,” and from what remained, which I couldn’t use as “food,” I make a covering above reason. I don’t discard anything from the Creator’s work; I even use the “waste” because the Creator commanded me to do so.

On regular days, I wouldn’t be able to use this, but Sukkot is a special time when there is no waste at all. Everything received from the Creator’s field can be elevated above the head as a roof. If I do this according to the Creator’s instructions, it becomes holy work.

Each Jewish holiday symbolizes and explains certain laws of nature, the nature of a person’s spiritual work, and their path of connection with nature. That is why it is so important for us to observe all the conditions of the Sukkot holiday. The further we progress, the more strongly we will feel this.

Kabbalists understand the forces at work each day and how to use them most effectively for the correction of the world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/18/24, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 36

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