1)

Why does the Torah specify that "Chag ha'Sukos" shall be "for Hashem"?

1.

Rashi (in Sukah 9a) and Targum Yonasan: To teach us that one should celebrate Sukos for the sake of the Mitzvah. 1

2.

Targum Onkelos: 'Celebrate the Yom-Tov of Sukos ... before Hashem'.

3.

Sukah 9b: To teach us that, just as the Name of Hashem (Kedushah) takes effect on the Korban Chagigah, so too, does it take effect on the Sukah - and the wood of the Sukah is therefore Asur b'Hana'ah throughout the seven days of Sukos. 2


1

And not because it is pleasant. See Na'ar Yonasan.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 105.

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