During the week of Sukkot, in the Grace after Meals, a special prayer is added which says: "May the Compassionate One erect for us David's fallen booth ["Sukkat David" in Heb.]." What exactly is this "Sukkat David"? The term itself is taken from the Book of Amos (9:11), where G-d says, "On that day, I will raise up the fallen booth of David ["Sukkat David"], and I will close up their breaches and I will raise up its ruins, and build it up as in the days of yore." The Talmud in Tractate Sanhedrin (96b-97a) understands the phrase "Sukkat David" as referring to the Davidic monarchy, which will be restored when the Messiah comes. Thus, even when the Jew is living in his Sukka of Exile, he is thinking ahead to a time when the sukka will come to mean something far greater and more permanent -- the Final Redemption.
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