Sukkot and humility

Sukkot is celebrated for 7 days, from 15 tishri (September / October in the Gregorian calendar), just after Yom Kippur.
Sukkot means shelter or protection is also called “feast of the huts” or “feast of the tents”. It is one of the 3 pilgrimage festivals mentioned in the Torah. It gives thanks to the divine protection received by the children of Israel during the Exodus but also celebrates the harvest that closes the annual agricultural cycle and gives rise to prayers to bring the first beneficial rains to the dry land. From a historical point of view, Sukkot first symbolizes the wandering of the Jewish people in the desert, their precariousness and their dependence on G-d. It thus recalls the hardships endured and the long road that brought the children of Israel to their land. Throughout the period between the liberation of the people from slavery in Egypt and the freedom found in the land of Israel, the people were under constant divine protection.
The sukkah, a sort of shack and fragile dwelling built to celebrate Sukkot, symbolizes both the precariousness and the protection that accompanied the Jewish people throughout its journey and allowed it to survive in a hostile environment. When Sukkot we leave the safety and comfort of the home and we recognize that true happiness does not come from a rich and beautifully decorated house. The most precious good of man is his divine soul and his special relationship with G-d.
A festive tradition in an ephemeral house
It is customary for Sukkot to build a sukkah in front of the house, a hut in which we will live for seven days and where we will receive family, friends and neighbors to share a meal.
The roof of the hut must imperatively be built from elements of the ground like foliage or branches and must allow to glimpse the sky and the stars. People living in apartments usually build their sukkah on their balcony. The rule is to leave his house to settle in the sukkah 7 days, the time of the harvest. In reality, the sukkah is used today to take meals and to gather in the evening to sing and dance.
The Loulav, a joyous ritual of Sukkot
The Lulav, also called ritual of the four species, is the other tradition of Sukkot. It is to gather in his hand 4 branches of the 4 plants that are the willow, the myrtle, the palm of date and the citron and to agitate them by quoting a blessing. This ritual lasts 7 days of Sukkot as a sign of rejoicing before G-d (with the exception of the Sabbath day). The plants are selected for their perfume, others for their taste or for their total absence of smell or taste. They are agitated in the cabin, in the 4 directions and from top to bottom. Reciting a blessing on the Lulav allows one to bring down on oneself and on the world the blessing of God and the highest spiritual lights.