Author: Rabbi Joshua Shmidman

Like all abstract theories in Judaism which ultimately find their expression in concrete mitzvot, the idea of beauty, as well, finds a tangible realization in the central mitzvot of the holiday of Sukkot.

The Kabbalists divide reality into three categories: olam, shanah and nefesh—world, time and soul. The holiday of Pesach—the holiday of freedom—can be seen as expressing freedom in all these areas.