Mah Nishtanah on Sukkos
Why do we recite a Mah Nishtanah only on the night of Pesach? Why not pose these questions on the holiday of Sukkos? In reality, Sukkos is the time to ask the real big questions.
On all other nights of the year we sit in our warm and comfortable homes. Why on Sukkos when we leave our houses and seek refuge into a temporary structure, do we not question anything? Surely this is puzzling to any child. Yet, we do not raise such inquiries.
The answer is brought down in Chasidic Seforim;
However, on the night of Sukkos, we pack up and leave our homes. This is something our people have had to do throughout the ages. Countless times, Jews both currently and historically, have had to pack up at a moment’s notice and run for their lives to a different city, country or continent. Most times with nothing more than the shirts on their back. They had to escape because of attacks, pogroms and Anti-Semitism.
May we be Zoiche once more to be a people with a permanent residence in Jerusalem with our beautiful rebuilt Bais Hamikdash Amen!