For anyone who knows a drop of Torah, they
know that Moshe Rabbeinu took Am Yisrael out of Mitzrayim (Egypt) in the Hebrew
month of Nissan (Pesach time/spring). Also they should know that the whole act
of Am Yisrael dwelling in Sukkot in the Midbar
(desert) was during that same period, the Hebrew Month of Nissan. If we
celebrate Pesach and were taken out of Mitzrayim both during Nissan; then so
too if the whole act of Sukkot happened in Nissan then we should also celebrate
the Chag of Sukkot during Nissan!!!
So how come we don’t? There are two major
reasons and both of them bring a smile to my face. Let’s see if they’ll do that
to you too:
1. During the times of our great ancestors
where heating systems were not part of their homes and boilers were not easily
found, the winter was bitter. However, when the summer came, everyone really
felt like Life was renewed once again throughout the entire world (pesach time
is considered the beginning of summer)! So the children went outside, the
adults walked with their loved ones barefoot on the fresh grass, the elderly
had nice tents for shade from the bright shining sun, and everything was
happily ever after (You can imagine the smell of the pretty flowers and the
feeling of a light breeze whisking away by your feet)! So these Sukkot that
were built, they were like these ‘summer tents’ that people lay out to relax
and dwell in. It is true that in such an extreme weather condition location
like the Midbar (desert), this
weather change was already an act of Salvation for Am Yisrael. But Am Yisrael
does not only look for the physical act of being close with Hashem and
being comfortable. We have an intrinsic element of Emunah (faith) in our blood,
where we are born with this passion to serve Hashem, love Him and want to
always get closer to Him because this gives us eternal joy. So Am Yisrael as a
Unified Entity goes against the entire world in its belief. Instead of being
like the entire world where we leave our homes at the beginning of summer, we
leave our homes at the beginning of WINTER! 
Right at the smack of the beginning
of the cold and the rain (this Wednesday Night’s
forcast has a drop in temperature and chance of rain), we go out to these tents
to show the world: We WANT to do what HASHEM TELLS US because He is our King,
and that’s a PRIVILEGE! This thought just shows how simple, how natural, and how right the faith of a Jew
is: we go against all humanity to be out in the cold and show our love and CARE
that we were chosen to be Jewish. All because our Torah, which means Hashem: commands us too.
2. There is a deeper spiritual reason: Chet
Ha’Egel was on 17 Tammuz. This is 40 days (<Shavuot> 7 Iyar– 17 Tammuz) after
Moshe Rabbeinu went up to Har Sinai to receive the Torah and learn all the
Halachot directly from Hashem. We all know Moshe came down and broke the First
10 Commandments. Also with a little Torah knowledge, we know that the Ananei HaKavod (Clouds of Glory) protected Am Yisrael throughout the
entire journey in the Midbar in the merit of Aharon HaKohen.
Because of the
Chet Ha’Egel, which was blamed on Aharon HaKohen, these Ananei HaKavod
disappeared immediately after! Moshe goes up to Har Sinai again, with broken Luchot and a Am that wreaks of sin. He
pleads for forgiveness for 40 days and 40 nights. If it wasn’t for Moshe’s
Tefillot (prayers), Hashem would have annihilated Am Yisrael! Moshe comes down
on the 29th of Av with news that Hashem wants the divine presence to
permanently leave Am Yisrael. The nation fasts and mourns. Moshe goes up again
on Rosh Chodesh Elul (3,324 years and 42 days ago) and asks for Hashem’s
forgiveness. On Yom Kippur 2248, Moshe comes down with the second set of Luchot and Am Yisrael receives full
forgiveness (shows Yom Kippur’s power of forgiveness). But there is no proof? So what did Hashem do?
Four days later (I wonder why there was a 4 day waiting time) the Ananaei
HaKavod re-appeared and there was an everlasting feeling of Eternal Simcha
throughout Am Yisrael!
How lucky are we that we have Hashem to depend on ALL THE TIME!?
Sukkot
is in 3 days.
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