{"id":295,"date":"2013-11-25T23:24:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T23:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2013-11-25T23:24:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T23:24:24","slug":"hol-hamoed-sukkot-5769-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=295","title":{"rendered":"Hol HaMoed Sukkot 5769 (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Drash for Hol HaMoed Sukkot 5769 (2008)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

Question:\u00a0 Why do we read this portion of Ki Tissa on Hol Ha Moed Sukkot?<\/p>\n

Answer: Four parts, a kind of PARDES<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sukkot is mentioned briefly at the very end of\u00a0 the reading (Ch 34 v22 ff)<\/p>\n

\u2022 This entire week in the Amidah we say \u201cHag Sukkot, a Season of Our Rejoicing\u201d. What are we rejoicing?\u00a0 Forgiveness and Ki Tissa is about the forgiveness by God of the sin of the Golden calf.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the classical interpretation.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The 13 attributes of God are in this reading.\u00a0 We have, of course, read them numerous times recently in our liturgy \u00a0“The Lord is ever-present, all merciful, gracious compassionate, patient, abounding in kindness and faithfulness, treasuring up love for a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sing, and pardoning the penitent.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 But this is actually a redaction of the Ch 34, V 7.\u00a0 Here is the rest: \u00a0“\u2026but does not absolve completely. He remembers the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and upon the grandchildren, upon the third and fourth (generations).”<\/p>\n

\u2022The Rabbis removed this part when they inserted the 13 attributes into the liturgy.<\/p>\n

\u2022 But we read them today as a reminder: God is gracious and forgiving but this does not give us license to misbehave. And our behavior is felt across the generations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 An example:\u00a0 we raise our children in response to how we were raised by our parents, who responded to how they were raised.\u00a0 Our children to our grand parents: 4 generations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The 13 attributes are said when Moses is in the cleft of the rock and God passes by him \u00a0(Ch 34, v 5: HaShem desended in a cloud and stood with him there and he called with the Name of HaShem.\u00a0 HaShem passed before him).<\/p>\n

\u2022 What was it like when God passed before Moses?\u00a0 We, of course, don\u2019t know.\u00a0 But it was likely not still\u00a0 but rather windy.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We have had unseasonably calm weather this week.\u00a0 The next time you are in a Sukkah and it is windy, don\u2019t worry about the Schach blowing off or about the walls standing.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rather, meditate on what Moses most have experienced\u00a0 when God passed before him.<\/div>\n

So, why do we read this portion on Hol HaMoed Sukkot:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0 Because Sukkot is mentioned in the Torah<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 Because God forgave the Israelites for the Golden calf<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 To remind us of the importance of our behavior, even though God is forgiving<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0 To connect us in a visceral way to HaShem.<\/p>\n

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