Sukkot

• When does Sukkot begin? 


  Five days after Yom kippur
• Why is it important that Jews keep Sukkot?


  It is included in the Mitzvot that Jews should keep it
• What does Sukkot remember? 


  The 40 year period that Jews lived in exodus living in temporary shelters in the wilderness.
• What are the four species? 


  Items that have been associated with the festival of Sukkot that are referred to in Leviticus in the Torah.
• What are the four species called?

  The lulav, myrtle, willow and etrog
• What is the Lulav?


  A frond from a palm tree
• A) What does the Lulav represent?

  The spine. Your actions
• What is the myrtle?


  An evergreen shrub
• A) What does the myrtle represent?

  The eye. How you see life
• What is the willow?


  Another plant
• A) What does the willow represent?

  The mouth. Your speech
• What is the etrog?

  A citrus fruit
• A) What does the etrog represent?

  Your heart. Your emotions.
• A) What do some Jews say about the four species?

  That they represent different parts of the body that could sin but should unite against sin.
• B) What do other Jews say the four species represent?

  Types of Jews
• B) what does the lulav represent?

  Jews who know the Torah but lack the mitzvot. (Tasty fruit but no scent)
• B) what does the myrtle represent?

  Jews who perform the mitzvot but know little of the torah. (Strong scent but no taste)
• B) what does the willow represent?


  Jews with no knowledge of the Torah and who don’t perform mitzvah. (No taste or scent)
• B) what does the etrog represent?


  Jews who know the Torah and follow the mitzvot. (Pleasing taste and smell)
• How long does sukkot last?


  7 days
• What do Jewish families build?

  A sukkah
• What is a sukkah?


  A temporary shelter
• What must the roof of a sukkah be made of?


  Something that has grown from the ground such as bamboo
• What is the roof called?

  Sekhak
• Why must the sekhakh of the suklah be sparse? 


  It must be sparse enough so that rain can get through and the stars can be seen.
• How do Jews “dwell“ in the sukkah during the festival?


  the differ, some sleep and eat in it others may just eat meals in it and sleep in the house.
• What do people do on each morning of sukkot (except Shabbat) with the lulav?


  They put it in their right hand and recite a blessing to God
• What 6 directions do they wave the lulav and etrog?


  Front(towards Jerusalem), Right, back, up, left, down
• Why do they wave the lulav and etrog in six directions?


  It represents that God is everywhere.
• What do many synagogues have in sukkot?


  They have a sukkah