KZ Anglo Succos Event – Message from the Editor in Chief
Moadim L’simchah – A Guten Mo’ed!
While still residing in Chutz La’aretz, but soon to be, B’ezras Hashem, among you all, living in Eretz Yisrael, I would like to take this opportunity to convey a thought to you about the upcoming English-language pamphlet.
Over the past few years, there have been numerous emails, conversations, meetings, and even multiple attempts to get this project started. Hundreds of collaborative hours of work have gone into this, and I have devoted countless hours of my own time to this wonderful project. Kol haschalos kashos is an understatement. Now, we are finally rounding the corner to the final publication.
Succos is known as Chag Ha’asif, the holiday for gathering all that had been harvested during the past year.
Succos is also known as Zman Simchaseinu. The Vilna Gaon said that the mitzvah of simchas Yom Tov was a most difficult mitzvah to be mekayeim.
At this time of the year, we prepare for the long winter ahead. The uncertainty of what the winter will bring, both during the season itself and afterward when spring finally arrives, can hinder our ability to be fully b’simcha. However, even so, we must put our full bitachon in Hashem that He will take care of us.
Honestly, there were many times I was skeptical as to whether we would ever arrive at the point so close to publication, and even now, I continue to work diligently and daven to Hashem that we should be successful. At the same time, I realize that “publishing” is really only the beginning – it is when the message reaches the public and they begin to act that we can say that we have begun to achieve our goal.
So yes, there is still much uncertainty, but there is indeed a simcha.
So, when you receive the pamphlet and read the material, please help us continue to reach our goal in whatever way you can. You can be part of the simcha as well.
We planted the seeds of the idea. We nurtured the plant of hard work and watched it grow. Now we are getting ready to harvest the material and, B’ezras Hashem, we will soon see the readers gather the fruits of our labor and enjoy the sweet pages of chibas Ha’aretz.
Shlomo Y. Wrubel
Editor in Chief
