Sukkah Building
Sukkah Time
Lulav and Etrog
Days and Times
The Why
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What is a Sukkah

A temporary home

200

What is one of the customs that people do to their sukkot?

Decorate them

200

What are the four symbols that remind us of what grows from the ground? These are also known as the Four Species.

The Lulav, Etrog, Hadas, and Arava

200

What is another name for Sukkot?

Chag Ha'asif

Harvest Festival

200

Where do we find the commandment that a Jew should live in a sukkah during Sukkot?

The Torah

400

These are the minimum number of walls to build a kosher sukkah

Two and a half

400

What is one of the mitzvot that we do in the sukkah?

Eat a meal

400

What do you do with the lulav and etrog?

You wave them three times in each direction (east, south, west, north, up, and down)

400

Which of these is the part of the Tanakh that is read on Shabbat during Sukkot in some communities?

a. The entire Torah

b. Megillat Esther

c. Kohelet

c. Kohelet


400

Sukkot is one of the three _____________ holidays:

a. High

b. Pilgrimage

c. Happy

B. Pilgrimage

600

What is one of the guidelines for building a sukkah?

It must be less than 30 feet high

600

What is the bracha before eating in the sukkah?

Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam asher k'dishanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'shev baSukkah

600

How do we say "Four Species" in Hebrew?

Arba'ah Minim

600

What holiday is the eighth day of Sukkot?

Shmini Atzeret

600

What are the three pilgrimage holidays?

Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot

800

What is the roof of the sukkah made from?

Natural materials called s'kach

800

What is the name of the guests we invite to our sukkah?

Ushpizin

800
What are two other parts of the lulav?

The willow and myrtle

800

In what English month does Sukkot usually occur? 

October

800

Why do we build sukkot?

To remind us of the 40 years wandering in the desert, when the Israelites were forced to build temporary homes for themselves.

1000

What must you be able to see while sitting in the sukkah?

The sky and stars

1000

In Israel, where is it common to see a sukkah, other than at a house?

A restaurant

1000

What part of the synagogue services are the lulav and etrog used?

Hallel and Hoshanot

1000

What are the days in between the two holidays of Sukkot called?

Hol Hamoed

1000

Sukkot marks this time: 

a. The end of the harvest

b. Winter

c. The end of Spring

A. The end of the harvest

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