Names & Dates
In which Jewish month does Sukkot begin?
Tishrei
Which of the Four Minim is a fruit?
The etrog.
What is the roof of a sukkah called?
Schach.
What is the minimum number of walls needed for a kosher sukkah?
Two full walls plus a halachically valid partial third wall.
Name any three of the Ushpizin.
Any three of: Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Moshe, Aharon, Yosef, and David.
What are the special guests welcomed into the sukkah called?
The Ushpizin.
What are the Four Minim?
The lulav, etrog, hadassim, and aravot.
What does the sukkah recall from Bnei Yisrael’s time in the desert?
The Ananei HaKavod, or protective Clouds of Glory, and the temporary booths in which Bnei Yisrael lived.
In which six directions do we wave the Four Minim?
Up, down, and toward each of the four compass directions.
What is Shemini Atzeret?
An extra day of chag because G-d doesn't want to let us go.
What are the intermediate days between the first and last Yom Tov of Sukkot called?
Chol HaMoed.
What do we do with the lulav and etrog?
We hold the Four Minim together and wave them in six directions.
Why can’t a sukkah be built underneath a tree?
The tree branches form an invalid covering above the schach, so the sukkah is not directly under the open sky.
What is the maximum height of a kosher sukkah?
Twenty amot, or cubits.
How did people celebrate Simchat Beit Hashoevah in the Beit Hamikdash?
With music, singing, dancing, great lights, and sages juggling torches.
What Hebrew date does Sukkot begin on?
15th of Tishrei
What can make an etrog invalid
If it had a pitom and it fell off
What may be used for schach? Give two requirements.
It must be plant material that grew from the ground, has been detached, and is not susceptible to ritual impurity.
How many hadassim and aravot are used with one lulav?
Three hadassim and two aravot.
How many times do we walk around the bimah on Hoshana Rabbah?
Seven times.
What is the seventh day of Sukkot called?
Hoshana Rabbah.
Why is the bracha “al netilat lulav” said even though we take all Four Minim?
Because the lulav is the tallest and most prominent of the Four Minim, and the other branches are bundled with it.
According to halacha, which must be put up first: the walls or the schach?
The walls must be put up before the schach.
What is the minimum height of a kosher sukkah?
Ten tefachim, or handbreadths (32 inches).
The Torah calls Sukkot “Chag HaAsif.” What does that name mean, and why is Sukkot called this?
Festuival of Gathering, as it is a time we gather in our produce.