****Jax’s D’var Torah on Succos for Monday****
On Succos we leave our comfortable house and go out to the Succah – a booth that does not have a solid roof. This demonstrates our belief that it is not brick and mortar that protects us; rather it is Hashem.
Rabbi Moshe Turk of The Jewish Heritage Center of Queens and Long Island, thanked Hashem as he told the following incredible story concerning his own family: Rabbi Turk’s wife used to always take her baby to a certain park near their home in Kew Gardens for some nice fresh air. Usually the baby would fall asleep in the stroller and Mrs. Turk could relax on the park bench for the better part of an hour, possibly with a good book. One day, after sitting there for only ten minutes, the baby suddenly woke up and started crying. This was very unusual for this particular child. Mrs. Turk tried to rock the stroller so that the baby would fall back to sleep; but, it was to no avail, in fact, as she rocked, the baby shrieked more and more loudly and urgently. Seeing that she wasn’t getting anywhere she took the hysterical baby out of the stroller and to hold in her arms. Just at that point a bike rider lost control and his bike rammed into the now empty stroller sending it flying. Had the baby not uncharacteristically started screeching, we shudder to think what would have happened.
it is not brick and mortar that protects us; rather it is Hashem!