Shalom & Greetings,
I wanted to know what is the reason that in Chabad it’s not a custom to decorate the sukkah.
Thank you very much.
Shalom & Greetings,
I wanted to know what is the reason that in Chabad it’s not a custom to decorate the sukkah.
Thank you very much.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that in our generation, it is desirable that the beauty of the sukkah should be expressed by the actual sukkah itself, and not external decorations that divert our attention from the main aspect of the mitzvah of sukkah.
In generations such as those of the Talmudic sages, the spiritual level of people was higher, and the external decorations did not divert their focus from the main aspect of the mitzvah. On the contrary, they enhanced the performance of the mitzvah, becoming an integral part of it. This is the source of the custom that is still continued by many people today.
The idea of not using decorations is in order not to be carried away by the beauty of the external decorations, as opposed to focusing on the spiritual message and holiness of the sukkah itself. This is the reason for the Chabad custom of not using decorations.
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