The Sukkah
What do you call many of the huts, or the Holiday
Sukkot
What is a Lulav?
Palm Branch
What book/scroll do we celebrate on Simchat Torah?
The Torah
Why do the Jewish people celebrate Sukkot?
The Sukkot is observed to remember the 40 years that the Jewish people spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land after escaping slavery in Egypt.
Which celebrations occur at the end of Sukkot
shemini atzeret or simchat torah (either)
What is its roof made out of?
things that grow from the ground but aren't attached to it
What is Hadas?
Myrtle
How many books are in the Torah?
5
What does the Sukkah symbolize?
The sukkah symbolizes the temporary homes in which the Jewish people lived while in the desert.
We shake some stuff in all directions. How many different things do we shake
4
What can't its roof be made out of?
a tree still attached to the ground OR anything that fully covers
What is Aravah?
Willow
List 3 stories that are in the Torah
creation,
adam and eve,
the exodus from egypt
the burning bush
abraham
sacrifice of isaac
really any biblical story counts (this does not include purim or chanuka both of which happened waaaaay later)
Put these holidays in order
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Rosh Hashana
SImchat Torah
Rosh Hashana
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Simchat Torah
We celebrate Sukkot after finishing doing our Teshuva? What is Teshuva
Repentance. Or fixing what's broken
What is the stuff that covers it called?
S'chach
What is an Etrog?
Citron
What are the 4 plants used for the ritual?
An etrog (a citron fruit), a palm branch, a myrtle branch, and a willow branch.
What are the three harvest festivals God promised we would have in Israel? (you only need to get 2/3, if you get all 3, you get double points)
Sukkot, Passover, Shavuot
Kehila or Mishpacha (either answer is enough, both would be double points, spelling doesnt matter)
What is it meant to remind us of?
sleeping in the desert on the way from Egypt to Israel
In how many directions do we shake the Lulav, etrog, Hadas and arava?
6
or all of the directions to show that God id everywhere)
or up, down, right, left, forward, back
The Sukkot remind us of the clouds of glory. Where were we protected by them?
In the desert
What's one book in the Torah that Sukkot is mentioned in?
Leviticus
Celebrating Sukkot is a commandment. The hebrew word for commandment is
mitzva (spelling doesn't matter)