[Avodah] RE; Ushpizin and Sheva Berakhos

[Simon Montagu]

On 10/6/06, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> So you do see why I would consider it. Once one says that Shabbas
> haMalkah can serve, why not the Ushpizin? What sevara would distinguish
> one from the other?

We know that Shabbat is present. We invite the ushpizin, but we have
no guarantee that they accept the invitation: the Zohar explicitly
says that if one isn't machnis (physical) orechim, the ushpizin refuse
to come (Emor 103a).