[Avodah] Why Kohellet on Sukkot from Nishmablog Post

[Richard Wolpoe]

My latest post to Nishmablog abased upon an Avodah discussion from Years
Back
Speical Yishar Koach to R. Gerson Dubin - please see below.
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Our Founding Director Rabbi B. Hecht wrote in the latest insight:
>
> The difficulty with this answer, though, is that it still does not explain
> how Kohelet connects with the theme of *Succot*,
>
> There is a really simple approach to this.
>
> Questions:
>
>    1. Why is King Shlomoh Called Kohelet?
>    2. Why is Kohelet read on Sukkot?
>
> To answer this - I had come up with 2 points years ago. One point had been
> already already published in Midrrash Rabba on Kohelet **. [Baruch
> shkivanti.] Further embelishing points emerged in a discussion based upon
> this model; see below.
>
> Shlomoh was the FIRST king in the Temple. He was thus the FIRST King to
> perform Mitzvat Hakhel - hence the TITLE Kohelet. When is Hakhel Done?
> Sukkot. Hence the association with Sukkot. Ad Kahn my contribution
>
> A fellow during a recent conversation informed me that the various parts
> of Kohellet [apparently he posits that the book is structured in 3
> divisions] is that these were Drashot of Shlomoh WHILST conducting hakhel
> during his career. [Hence the title of the BOOK.] Eventually, the redactors
> pasted them together as a single unit and became canonized laster one
> -despite the controversial nature of these drashot.
>
> Of course Rabbi Hecht will not that this post avoid all kinds of
> complexity. But this leaves the complexities to those addressed by
> Shlomoh/Kohellet himself.
>
> Hag Sameyach
> RRW
>
> ** MY Cyber-chaver - R. Gershon Dubin pointed this out to me on the Avodah
> list MANY years ago! Then I pointed out that the name was explained but the
> timing aspect was original to me.
>
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