A fatata ' i o Rosh Hashana e o Yom Kippur i te hope, Ua haamata oioi te mau ati Iuda na te ao nei i te faaineine ia ratou no te oroa a Sukkot. Ia au i te tuatapaparaa i te tau, e taime teie no te matahiti no te ootiraa, tera râ, e auraa hohonu atu â to te parau ra Sukkot. Faataahia " Te taime no to tatou oaoaraa ", E auraa puai to te Sukkot no te mau Ati Iuda e te feia e ere i te Ati Iuda. E taime teie no te faatupu amui i te oroa, te horo'araa i te haamauruururaa, e te oaoa taatoa. Sukkot is one of the few times the Torah gives a specific commandment to be “joyful”.If you had visited us at the Y during the holiday, you would have noticed that we had constructed a Sukkah on our roof. Te hoê sukkah, o te hoê ïa vahi nohoraa no te hoê taime poto noa oia hoi te 4 Te mau papa'iraa mo'a, e te hoê tapo'i fare hamanihia i te materia natura. Teie te mea faufaa roa a'e, e aore râ, aita, ua riro te reira ei faahaamana'oraa e, i te tahi taime, ua matau roa tatou i te tamahanahana ia tatou iho (Te mau mana'o tauturu no te) Te mau nota. E mea faufaa no tatou paatoa ia rave i te hoê taime no te ho'i i muri e ia mauruuru i te mau mea atoa e vai ra ia tatou nei, e ia oaoa i te mea e, te vai ra tera mau taata i roto i to tatou oraraa o te faatupu nei i te mau mahana atoa. E mea faufaa rahi roa teie mana'o i teie mahana e te mau arepurepuraa e te mau ino atoa e haaviivii nei i to tatou nei ao. Te ti'aturi nei matou e, e rave outou i te tahi taime no te haere e farerei i to tatou mau hoa apî e te tahito!
Our lives are spent in the pursuit of dreams, goals and knowledge. The only real and meaningful pursuit which keeps us in good stead, are the traits of goodness, sharing, and the building and enhancing of relationships. All else is fleeting, as we are taught in Ecclesiastes, the scroll which is read on the Holiday of Sukkot. “All else is meaningless when there is a lacking of togetherness and unity”.
Our sages teach that above all else, the Holiday of Sukkot is meant to engender in us the desire and need to work on our relationships on a level playing field, where there is no ageism, difference or judgments. The Sukkah, a temporary dwelling place, open to the sky, adorned in natural furnishings is the vehicle that propels us towards that “level playing field”. A Sukkah is meant to be temporary, lasting only 8 days. We serve warming and delicious foods to our guests, savoring the times we spend together.
Ia mauruuru tatou paatoa i te mea e vai ra ia tatou, e ia riro teie taime no te oaoa ei haamataraa no te hoê matahiti rahi no te mau taata atoa!
