Two great festivals commemorate the liberation of the Hebrews from Egypt: Chag HaMatzot and Chag HaSukkot. The first is the feast of unleavened bread and the other, the feast of the huts.
The Torah established Matzot, which are poor unleavened bread, and Sukkot, which are flimsy straw huts. Both these symbols are reminders of the miracles that took place.
How is it possible that the only two festivals in which the greatness of God’s miracles is manifested, do not contain them as their centrality, and only stand out as a basic food and a fragile house, the Matzot and the Sukkot?
What unites us with G’d are not miracles, but a sincere, pure life, without ostentation or pride, which focuses on the kind hearts of those who inhabit and eat, no matter where they live or what they eat.
