Sukkah 48a Part 4/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why pour water on the mizbeach on Succos? The Gemara in Rosh Hashanah teaches that on Succos we are judged for water. A Midrash adds that the lower waters cried to stay near Hashem, and Hashem gave them nisuch hamayim so they could come close. Working through the Mishnah, we follow the water from the Shiluach to the two bowls on the mizbeach, with Rabbi Yehuda's dissents along the way.

Key points

• One view finds a remez for nisuch hamayim in the extra mem, yud and mem in the korbanos of Succos.
• The Mishnah has the water drawn from the Shiluach in a golden pitcher holding three lug.
• A commentator asks why the water goes from gold to silver, and suggests the bowls were part of the mizbeach.
• Perhaps the wine bowl, used daily, stood nearer the ramp than the water bowl, used once a year.
• Perhaps the Tzeduki was pelted with esrogim because the esrog tree alone obeyed Hashem's command.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Opening
2. 1:39Why pour water on Succos
3. 4:38Midrash of the lower waters
4. 7:32Source of nisuch hamayim
5. 8:27The golden pitcher and the Shiluach
6. 14:00The two bowls of silver
7. 18:13The two spouts and their places
8. 25:43The Tzeduki pelted with esrogim

Topics

• Nisuch HaMayim
• Succos
• Tzedukim
• Esrog