Bent but Not Broken

A king leaves for a few weeks and hands his most precious possession, a delicate gold pocket watch, to the servant he trusts most. Every day the servant winds it, and every day he can't help playing with the jewels. Then comes one moment, and a tzaddik in a crowded town turns pale. Among the listeners is a man who came only to mock. The parable is about Yom Kippur, and a Midrash about the lulav shows why it leads straight into Sukkos and a very particular kind of happiness.