(1) Help us, Lord, to lie down in peace, and awaken us again, our Sovereign, to life. Spread over us Your sukkah of peace; ... Spread over us the shelter of Your peace. Praised are you, Lord, who spreads the sukkah of peace over us, over all God's people Israel, and over Jerusalem.

... How great is peace, since all the berakhot and goodnesses and comforts that the Holy Blessed One brings upon Israel conclude with peace: in the berakhot around Shema we say, "Spread over us your sukkah of peace," and at the end of the Amidah we say, "May the One who makes peace..." and in Birkat Kohanim we say, "...[and may God] grant you peace."

As it is taught in a baraita that the verse states: “I made the children of Israel to reside in sukkot” (Vayikra / Leviticus 23:43); these booths were clouds of glory, this is the statement of Rabbi Eliezer.

(20) The cherubim shall have their wings spread out (porsei) above, shielding (sokhekhim) the cover with their wings. They shall confront each other, the faces of the cherubim being turned toward the cover.

(Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, 1847-1905 Poland)

"Take unto yourselves the fruit of the goodly tree" (Lev. 23:40). On Sukkot God draws Israel near, as it says, Hapores sukat shalom, "who spreads forth a sukkah of peace." God protects us because we are called God's children. The Jews also want to be attached to God; they seek to do good deeds so that [the protection] not be on account of God's kindness alone. This is the meaning of "take unto yourselves" -- of your own accord.