Dwell Beneath the Schakh ๐ฟ- Sukkot Song | Jewish Music Step inside the sukkah and discover the beauty of this special mitzvah! ๐ฟโจ From the schach and walls to eating, learning, rejoicing, and making the sukkah our home for seven days, this song brings the halachot of Sukkot to life through music. ๐ถ๐
Dwell beneath the schach, rejoice in the mitzvah, and rememberโeverything in this world is temporary; only Hashem is forever. ๐
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SONG: Dwell Beneath the Schakh ๐ฟ- Sukkot Song
LYRICS:
Seven days we leave the permanent behind,
To dwell beneath the shade of the Divine.
Not just a meal, not just passing through,
Hashem says make the ืกืืื home for you.
ืึทึผืกึปึผืึนึผืช ืชึตึผืฉึฐืืืึผ ืฉึดืืึฐืขึทืช ืึธืึดืื,
Seven days living what this ืืฆืื means.
Chazal teach ืชึตึผืฉึฐืืืึผ ืึฐึผืขึตืื ืชึธึผืืึผืจืึผ,
Make the ืกืืื your home in all that you do.
Beautiful vessels? Bring them inside.
Beautiful bedding? There you reside.
Eat there, drink there, learn and sleep,
A dwelling with Hashem for seven days we keep.
Come dwell beneath the ืกืื tonight,
Under the stars, beneath Hashemโs light.
Seven days our home becomes
A place of ืืฆืื for everyone.
ืึฐืฉึธืืึทืึฐืชึธึผ ืึฐึผืึทืึถึผืึธ, sing it strong,
Sukkot filled with joyful song.
Build it, beautify it, make it shine,
Rejoice before Hashem all festival time.
But a ืกืืื has lawsโwe donโt improvise,
Halacha determines its walls and size.
Three walls minimum, that's the ืืื,
Two complete walls must first be seen.
Ten ืืคืืื is the minimum measure,
The third has a special halachic structure.
Even one ืืคื begins that side,
ืืืื ืืืฉื ืืกืื ื is our guide.
Ten ืืคืืื high is the minimum line,
Twenty ืืืืช maximum height defined.
Above twenty ืืืืช? The ืกืืื is ืคืกืื,
The ืกืื too high according to the rule.
The ืกืื above is central to the place,
Giving the ืกืืื its halachic face.
It must be something that grew from the ground,
Then detached before being laid all around.
It cannot receive ritual ืืืืื,
No metal or ืืื qualifies as ืกืื.
And when sunlight comes shining through,
There's another ืืื you have to pursue:
More shade than sunlight underneath,
That's what the ืกืื must achieve.
If sunlight exceeds the shade you see,
The ืกืืื is ืคืกืื halachically.
Then comes the first nightโremember it well,
There's a special ืืืื the halachot tell.
A ืืืืช of bread in the ืกืืื we eat,
An obligation that night we must complete.
The remaining days don't require a bread meal,
But when eating a meal requiring ืกืืื, the ืืื is real.
You leave the house and take your place
Beneath the ืกืื in that holy space.
[Verse 5]
Then clouds roll over and raindrops descend,
When may the obligation temporarily end?
If rain reaches the point that your food would spoil,
You may leave despite your effort and toil.
Chazal compare it to a servant who came
To pour wine before his master in his name,
And the master pours water back in his faceโ
A painful message in that moment and place.
Every Jewish man has this ืืืื to dwell,
ืืื ืื, ืืืืื and ืืฉืจืืืื as well.
Women are exempt from this command,
A positive time-bound ืืฆืื as we understand.
And when a child no longer needs his mother,
ืืื ืื begins and we teach another.
Train him to dwell in the ืกืืื with joy,
Building Torah into the heart of a boy.
Your ืกืืื need not belong just to you,
A borrowed ืกืืื can fulfill it too.
A jointly owned ืกืืื can also be right,
But don't enter another's without permission outright.
And stolen property has a special ืืื,
With principles beneath what first is seen.
If one seizes another's ืกืืื on land,
ืงืจืงืข ืืื ื ื ืืืืช is the rule at hand.
He may technically fulfill the command,
Though his wrongful action cannot stand.
If stolen wood built the ืกืืื instead,
The owner receives its monetary value, Chazal said.
But don't build the ืกืืื
And forget why you're there.
Don't decorate its walls
Then enter with despair.
The ืื itself commands us:
ืึฐืฉึธืืึทืึฐืชึธึผ ืึฐึผืึทืึถึผืึธ
Rejoice in your festival!
Come dwell beneath the ืกืื tonight,
Leave the permanent world outside.
Eat there, drink there, learn and sing,
Remember Who controls everything.
ืึทึผืกึปึผืึนึผืช ืชึตึผืฉึฐืืืึผ ืฉึดืืึฐืขึทืช ืึธืึดืื,
Seven days living what Torah means.
From every ืืคื to every wall,
Hashem's halacha defines it all.
ืึฐืฉึธืืึทืึฐืชึธึผ ืึฐึผืึทืึถึผืึธ!
Let joy fill the entire ืื.
Invest your effort, money and time,
Love the ืืฆืื, make it shine.
For seven days
The temporary becomes our home.
And beneath the ืกืื we remember:
Everything in this world is temporary.
Only Hashem is forever.
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