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"Rethinking Sukkot: A Modern Commentary on Relationships" uses the imagery of the Sukkah and the text of Ecclesiastes, Torah, liturgy, and rabbinic literature to start interesting conversations about relationships.
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Rethinking Sukkot: Joy
Sukkot brings with it a challenging commandment: to be happy, to concentrate on our blessings and the goodness in our lives and let the joy of the holiday sweep over us. In relationships, happiness may feel elusive at times. But in a healthy relationship, each person should feel a sense of deep-seated happiness in being with the other person and a sense that this person adds to your joyfulness, at least some of the time.
Rethinking Sukkot: Vulnerability
We think of our willingness to be emotionally exposed, to be open to wounding and healing, as signs of true intimacy. But what if our wounds are physical or carry with them economic, social, or emotional risks to ourselves and those we love?
Rethinking Sukkot: Balance
Are we and those we love able to face life’s losses, setbacks, and hardships, secure in the rhythms of life – in the knowledge that there is a “time to every purpose”?