3MN DE TORAH POUR COMMENCER LA JOURNÉE - 🌿 5ᵉ JOUR DE SOUCCOT : AARON

Today is the 19th of the month of Tishrei. We are on the 5th day of Sukkot with our guest of honor today, Aaron. Shalom, Shalom. The Torah.

You all know the Midrash; we already cited the choices God made regarding the four species we know well. Why these ones? And not a chili pepper, as the Gemara asks. So, each thing represents something we already discussed in the Midrash: the scent, the taste.

Today, another excellent dimension in honor of Aaron. So, first, we take the lulav. The lulav, as you know, there can be dozens of lulavim on a palm tree, but they all come from the same single trunk. Like the Jewish people, we may have many different opinions, styles, and ideas, but ultimately, we are all from the same branch of Abraham Avinu.

Next, we continue with the only fruit in the world, one of the reasons it is called "Hadar," as the Gemara says in Masechet Sukkah, It lives— "Dar" means "dwelling"—it dwells in the tree all year round. That means it endures—it is raining today even— the rain, the storms, the heat, and it is always able to hold onto the tree. Every Jew, each of us, goes through storms during the year. For some, it is in their health; for others, it is in their married life.

For some, it is in their livelihood. There are times when it is beautiful and sunny, sometimes there is wind, but you must hold onto the tree and not let go of the trunk all year. Next, we will move on to the hadas. Hadas.

Well, we know from the Midrash, it is compared to the eyes. It has a good scent. Thank God, we too sometimes meet people who have a "good eye," who have a good scent, even if they aren't very solid, I mean, right? It might not last a very long time, but it is a friendship that can sometimes last a few months, or sometimes it is enough that you met someone who has a good eye like the hadas and left you with a good scent, and we become friends and love each other.

And the last one, Rabotai, you see the hand, it is already dry. I think it needs to be changed a little already. It is tired, but it is part of the Jewish people. What does the Aravah represent in the Midrash?

It is the mouth. The "rava" represents people we sometimes meet while waiting for the doctor or on the bus. There are people you only know for 10 minutes, but in those 10 minutes, oh , you know so-and-so, we’ve become best friends. Even if 10 minutes later we don’t know each other anymore.

That friendship has faded, it has fallen away. But that is part of the Jewish people. It's unique. It’s that with us, in 10 minutes of seeing someone.

I can share my whole story with them, and we become and love each other as if we’d known each other for years, even if in a minute the 3 minutes are over. So the message of all this is, well, God gathers us with everything we represent. We all come from the same branch. We are capable of living in the tree and going through every season of the year while holding our ground.

We are accompanied by people who leave a good scent and have a good eye, even by people I barely know like that. We will always be there to give everything to one another, just as Aaron the Priest did, who was always shalom, shalom. the