Yom Kippur paired with Rosh Hashanah offers us an opportunity to reflect on our behavior and our relationships with one another. If we take the work of Teshuvah (repentance) to heart and try to return to our proper path then we are able to wipe the slate clean and to start fresh.   If we take the opportunity that Yom Kippur offers seriously than we are ready for what Sukkot can offer us.   For Sukkot reminds us of our basic needs such as food, shelter, and clothing. The very things that we so often take for granted and yet for so many American’s who have lost their jobs and worse these have become precious commodities. Sukkot reminds us that every person deserves these basic needs and that we should not take them for granted. Sukkot conjures up our agrarian roots as a people and how important it is for us to live with our planet. Our responsibility to our environment is emphasized by the tradition of living in the Sukkah for the entire week of Sukkot and the Mitzvot of dwelling in the Sukkah, eating a meal in the Sukkah and waiving the Lulav and Etrog.  I hope you will take the time to come into our Sukkah in the courtyard!  There is something magical about the meaning and the tradition of the Sukkah. I wish you and yours a Chag Sameach!