What does a roof do?
It keeps out the rain
It keeps in the warmth
It keeps us safe from lions and robbers
It protects the TVs and the computers
It protects our beds while we sleep
It protects our futures from the future.
Roofs are good.
So why on Sukkot
Do we eat dinner outside
In a temporary hut
With holes in the roof?
It doesn’t make sense!
What do holes in a roof do?
They let in the weather
They let us breathe fresh air
They let us hear our neighbors and friends
They remind us of when we slept in the fields
They remind us how to be without our phones
They remind us that our history is long and complicated.
Blessed Holy Wholeness,
We honor the rituals
That don’t make sense
Because sometimes they do
Like holes in the roof
And breathing fresh air.
Amen
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