I in the Sukkah: A Poem

This poem by Rabbi Jill Hausman describes the author’s personal experience in the Sukkah. The Rabbi and Cantor of the progressive Actors’ Temple in New York City shared her poem on Ritualwell, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances. 

I in the Sukkah

I
in the Sukkah
body circumscribing soul
a temporary shelter
on good days happy here
labor good
and fruit delicious
but when rain gets in
peeking through the veil
of leafy branches
to beyond
not content just being
rooted to the floor
to be weightless
in some space-booth
able to float up at will
to push off earth
and feel the sky
of
I
in the Sukkah
body circumscribing soul