Sukkot basics
What is Sukkot?
The Jewish holiday when people eat and sometimes sleep in small huts.
What is the etrog?
A yellow fruit that looks like a lemon.
What is Simchat Torah?
The holiday that means “Joy of the Torah.”
What is sechach?
The roof of the sukkah is made from plants and must let you see the stars.
What is the lulav?
The tall green palm branch held in the middle.
What is Simchat Torah?
The day when Jews finish reading the Torah and start again.
What is seven?
Sukkot lasts for this many days.
What is the hadass?
Small, nice-smelling branches called myrtle.
What are the hakafot?
People dance and sing with Torah scrolls in synagogue.
What is Yom Kippur?
Sukkot starts five days after this important holiday.
What are the aravah?
Long leafy branch that grows near water.
What is Sukkot (or Shemini Atzeret)?
Simchat Torah comes right after this holiday.
What is in temporary shelters or huts?
The sukkah reminds Jews of when the Israelites lived like this in the desert.
What are the arba minim?
All four plants that are waved together.
What is Torah?
The holy scroll that Jews finish reading and immediately start again on Simchat Torah.