Every year, when we build the Sukkah, we repeat a gesture that seems almost contradictory. For a few days, we leave behind the solidity of our homes—their sturdy walls, their secure roofs—and enter a fragile, temporary structure: a few walls, some branches, and a roof through which we can see the stars. Why do we do this? Why celebrate by deliberately exposing ourselves to the elements? Sukkot invites us to recognize something that, for the rest of the year, we prefer to f