The Torah associates Succos with happiness more than any other holiday. It is the holiday we are told to rejoice on. It is the season of our rejoicing. What makes Succos so happy? Why is it happier than Pesach or Shavuot, the other two of the three Regalim? Pesach and Shavuot were both marred by rebellion and strife. At the sea, some Jews shouted at Moshe, "Were there no graves in Egypt, that you brought us to die in the wilderness". After the giving of the Torah, some made a golden calf. But Succos was free of any such strife. When G-d settled the Jews in huts, there were no arguments. This too is why the Clouds of Glory, which some believe Succos commemorates, received their own holiday, but not the miracles of manna or water. Both of these miracles were met with protests and complaints. But there were no protests or complaints over the Clouds of Glory. Where there is argument and strife, there cannot be happiness. Succos is the time of our rejoicing, because th...