On Sukkot, we take the arba minim — the lulav, etrog, hadasim, and aravot, and hold them together. Each one represents a different kind of Jew. Some are full of Torah and mitzvot, some are still growing. But the mitzvah isn’t done with one — it only counts when they’re united.

That’s the message of Sukkot: Hashem isn’t looking for perfect individuals. He is our Parent Who wants his children united.

We spend time finding the most beautiful lulav, the cleanest etrog. But once we start using them, especially when we lend them to others so they can do the mitzvah too, they might get a mark or a bruise.
Yet those marks don’t make them less beautiful.
They make them more meaningful.

Because when we help someone else do a mitzvah, when we care more about unity than perfection, Hashem looks at us with such love. He doesn’t see the marks. He sees His children standing together.

This Sukkot, let’s be like the arba minim — different, but held tight in our hands, one heart, one nation.
When we unite, we make Hashem proud and that’s what will bring Mashiach.