{"id":66331,"date":"2019-12-01T00:42:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T22:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=66331"},"modified":"2023-06-23T07:48:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T04:48:55","slug":"a-sukkah-of-leviathan-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/a-sukkah-of-leviathan-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sukkah Of Leviathan Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[444,575,982,663],"acf":{"old_id":"66331","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":64758,"related_cahpter":"361","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"An ancient vision of the transformation of evil into good","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the Sukkot holiday, there is a custom to &#8220;say goodbye to the sukkah&#8221; with food and prayer. On the last day of Sukkot, one enters the sukkah, eats a snack, and recites the following prayer:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May it be Your will, LORD, our God and the God of our forefathers, that just as I have fulfilled the mitzvah and dwelled in this Sukkah, so may I merit to dwell in the Sukkah of the skin of the Leviathan.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the meaning of this unusual custom and prayer? The answer is that they are a commentary to our chapter in Isaiah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chapter 27 of Isaiah begins with the verse of God killing the mighty sea creatures: &#8220;In that day the LORD will punish, With His great, cruel, mighty sword Leviathan the Elusive Serpent\u2014 Leviathan the Twisting Serpent; He will slay the Dragon [<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tanin<\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also crocodile] of the sea&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read in a vacuum, this verse can be understood in many ways. The midrash discusses two actual leviathans dating back to the six days of creation. Other commentaries take a more symbolic approach while interpreting our verse. However, the prayer we recite upon leaving the sukkah connect this verse with the beginning of Isaiah&#8217;s speech in this unit of chapter 23-27, showing that each of these sea creatures represents another kingdom. In chapter 23, Isaiah discusses the punishment that will occur to Tyre and Sidon. These were the two shipbuilding people of ancient times. Their ships ruled the sea to such an extent that the &#8220;Mediterranean Sea&#8221; was dubbed by many as the &#8220;Tyrian Sea&#8221;. These are the Leviathans of chapter 27. Their ships assisted Egypt, a third country mentioned in chapter 23, to sell its wheat all throughout the ancient world. This is the crocodile mentioned in our verse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to chapter 23, these three countries will be punished for their self-interested actions, divorced of any morals or ethics. But after a period of destruction, and with the help of God, the countries will rehabilitate themselves and return to being successful people. \u00a0 They will then be God-oriented, using their skills to help the poor and needy. Isaiah says concerning Tyre &#8220;Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be stored away and not be hoarded; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to EAT sufficiently, and for durable COVERING&#8221; (23:18). Thus the messianic \u201csukkah\u201d made of the Tyrian \u201cLeviathan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After spending a week &#8220;dwelling before the LORD&#8221; in the sukkah, we eat and pray that the evil-doers of today will be able to change their ways, and learn to dedicate their talents and skills to ethics and goodness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Leviathan Sukkah \/ sukkahcity.com<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":66332,"id":66332,"title":"is27-sukkah","filename":"is27-sukkah.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is27-sukkah.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/a-sukkah-of-leviathan-skin\/is27-sukkah\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is27-sukkah","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":66331,"date":"2019-11-30 22:42:30","modified":"2019-11-30 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