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Sukkah Building
Sukkah Time
Lulav and Etrog
Days and Times
The Why
100
A Sukkah.
What is a temporary home?
100
It is customary to do this for your sukkah.
What is to decorate?
100
These four symbols remind us of what grows from the ground.
What are the lulav, etrog, hadas, and arava?
100
Another name for Sukkot.
What is Hag Ha’Asif (Harvest Festival)?
100
Sukkot marks this time.
What is the end of the harvest?
200
The minimum number of walls for a sukkah.
What are two and a half?
200
It is a mitzvah to do this during Sukkot
What is eat meals in the sukkah?
200
This is done with the lulav and etrog.
What is waved three times in each direction (east, south, west, north, up, and down)?
200
Sukkot usually occurs in this month.
What is October?
200
During the 40 years wandering in the desert, the Israelites were forced to build temporary homes for themselves.
What is the biblical history of Sukkot?
300
You must be able to see this while sitting in the sukkah.
What are the sky and stars?
300
The blessing recited before eating in a sukkah.
What is “...leishev baSukkah”?
300
The Four Species in Hebrew.
What is arba’ah minim?
300
The eighth day of Sukkot.
What is Shemini Atzeret?
300
Sukkot is one of the three ____ holidays.
What are pilgrimage?
400
The roof of the sukkah is made of this.
What are natural materials called schach?
400
It’s customary to invite these people to the sukkah.
Who are the ushpizin (special figures from Jewish history)?
400
Two parts of the lulav.
What are the myrtle and the willow?
400
The intermediate days of Sukkot.
What are hol hamoed?
400
The three pilgrimage holidays.
What are Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot?
500
One guideline for building a sukkah.
What is it must be less than 30 feet high? Other answers may be accurate.
500
In Israel it is common to see a sukkah here.
What is outside a restaurant?
500
The lulav and etrog are used during this part of synagogue services.
What are Hallel and Hoshanot?
500
This part of the Tanakh is read on Shabbat during Sukkot in some communities.
What is Kohelet?
500
This gives the commandment that a Jew should live in a sukkah during Sukkot.
What is the Torah?