Sukkot
We fulfill the MItzvah of celebrating Yom Tov by:
By being joyous, eating meat and drinking wine.
What do we cover our sukkahs with?
Schach
We wave the Lulav in four directions to show:
Hashem is everywhere!
Name the special prayer we say each day of sukkot while holding the Lulav and Etrog
Hoshanos
Why did Hashem add two more days of holiday after Sukkot?
He wants to spend more time with us just ecasue he loves us
The two special Mitzvot of Sukkot are:
1)Sukkah 2)Lulav and Etrog
(Finish the sentence) Observing the Mitzvah of sukkah...
Brings healing to our 248 limbs
Helps us become attached to Hashem
brings us blessing from Hashem
Having pleasure from the Daled minim is allowed. True or False?
False
What is Sukkot called in the Siddur?
Zman Simchateinu
On Sukkot we do Teshuvah out of joy and our sins turn into:
Merits/Mitzvot
A reason for sitting in the Sukkah is:
The Ananei Hakavod surrounded us in the desert/ We sat in actual Sukkot for shade in the desert when we left Mitzrayim
Are women obligated in the Mitvah of Daled Minim?
No, therefore we get an extra special mitzvah if we do- do it!
In Shmone Esrei and Bentshing we add
Yaale Veyavo
Simchat Torah is:
Completion (read last parsha) and restarting of the Torah (read Bereishit)
We celebrate Sukkot in the fall instead of spring because:
It gets cold and everyone sees that we are sitting in the Sukkah for the Mitzvah not because its pleasant.
The Bracha said for sitting in the sukkah:
Leishev Basukkah
A lulav is only kosher...
What does this teach us?
if it has all four species.
Unity, we need each type of Jew
Every day of the chag we say after shemoneh esrei
Hallel
What is Hoshana Rabba
Last day of sukkot and final verdict of our judgment for the year
The Mitzvah of sitting in a Sukkah is so special because:
It is one of only three Mitzvos of the Torah (living in Eretz Yisroel, and dipping into the Mikveh) which is done with the entire body.
Name three out of the seven Ushpizin who's souls visit our sukkahs
Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Yose,f Moshe, Aharon, Dovid Hamelech
The Mitzvah of Daled Minim is different than any other mitzvah because:
Included in the Mitzvah, is the command to beautify it
What do we change in our Tefillot on Shmini Atzeres
in Shmoneh Esrei we start saying Mashiv Haruach Umorid Hagoshem (instead of Morid Hatal)