This week, we are celebrating Sukkot, a beautiful cosmic window of time when the energy of protection, mercy, kindness, and joy is available to us in abundance. It is an opening of what kabbalists call Or Makif, meaning “surrounding Light.” It represents our potential for greatness, all of the amazing things we have to achieve and give but still need to manifest in our reality. The Torah describes Sukkot as “the holiday of ingathering” or harvest. While it literally refers to the harvest of crops, in modern times, it is interchangeable with the harvesting of abundant blessings and gifts.
We can’t fully connect to this abundance and power of Sukkot without being open to thinking in a different way. It requires a shift...