Dovid Hamelech says in Tehilim 27:5 כִי יִצְפְנֵנִי בְסְכֹה (תהלים כזה) 'For He will conceal me in His Succah.' To explain this meaning of this Posuk, the Sifsei Chaim, by Hagaon Rav Chaim Freidlander, explains another Posuk in that chapter the Tefillah of: אַחַת שָׁאַלְתִי מֵאֵת ה' אוֹתָהּ אֲבַקֵשׁ שִׁבְתִּי בְבֵית ה' כָּל יְמֵי חַיֵּי “One thing I ask of Hashem, that I seek – I shall dwell in the house of Hashem all the days of my life...” The question arises: How would it be possible for the King of Israel to daven that his desire would be to dwell in the house of Hashem all the days of his life, when he has to rule over the country? The answer is that Dovid wanted to constantly feel that he was in the House of Hashem, and that he was sheltered under Hashem's protection. His life was devoted to Hashem; and it was as if he was always in the House of Hashem. Hence his request was: כִי יִצְפְנֵנִי בְסְכֹה – ‘For He will conceal me in His Succah.' Dovid Hamelech is one of the seven Ushpizin, and his request was to feel the Kedusha of the Succah throughout the year. So too, must a man continuously see himself sitting underneath Hashem's shelter. On Succos, one brings his entire life - eating and drinking, sleeping, even his conversations - inside to nestle under the shade of the Succah. Therefore, after the holy days, this is his perfect protection against the Yetzer Harah, by dragging his whole self, body and soul, in an act of Avodas Hashem into the Succah to be joyously enveloped for one week within a mitzvah. With this outlook of the Mitzvahs Succa, it brings the results of Yom Kippur to become 'real'. It proves that our Yom Kippur wasn't just an episode. It was an act which finds the full expression with an uplifting Succos.
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