Overview

• Aish.com publishes an essay arguing that Sukkot’s happiness arises from dwelling in a temporary sukkah that exposes human vulnerability and dependence.
• The piece contends that existential doubt dissolves in the sukkah, yielding clarity that God runs the world and a corresponding sense of peace.
• It emphasizes that the Torah commands living in the sukkah for seven days to internalize this perspective rather than treating it as a brief ritual.
• The author describes the festival’s joy as a durable memory believers can draw on during periods of anxiety throughout the year.
• Sukkot is framed as both a commemoration of the desert’s Clouds of Glory and a present-tense experience of protection and truth.