An unusal addition to benching occurs solely on the holiday of Sukkoth. We add in "
Harachaman hu yakim lanu eth sukkath David hanofales" Why do we refer to the sukkah of David to indicate a return to the kingdom rather than
beis [the house of] David? In the shiurim prior to the holiday, Rav Goldwicht explained that when a house is taken down, it is a ruin and is not rebuilt so much as a replaced. The house that is built on the site of the previous house is a new house, not the same one. In contrast, a sukkah
is always called a sukkah. It is still called that even when it is down and folded. When it is put back up, it is not a new structure but the same sukkah.
It's the same concept we see in the renewal of the moon, which is why we say, "
David melech Yisroel chai vekayam" during
kiddush levana. It's always the same moon, though sometimes it is in a waning state, or even in an eclipsed state as it was on the first night of Sukkoth this year. But it is still there, and we know it will re-emerge.
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