Sukkah
Sukkot Vocabulary
LULAV
Sukkot Odds and Ends
Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret
100

This is the number of walls a sukkah has.

What is 3?

100

Etrog

What is a citrus fruit? (one of the Four Species).

100

We use branches from how many trees for the lulav

What is 3?
100

The number of days we celebrate Sukkot.

What is 7?

100

This is what we celebrate after the 7 days of Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret.

What is Simchat Torah?

200

True or False: A Sukkah is typically made indoors.

FALSE

200

Lulav

What is a palm branch, held together with hadassim and aravot?

200

The names of the different trees used for the lulav.

What is palm, willow and myrtle?

200

It's what we must be able to see through the roof of our Sukkah.

What are the stars and sky?

200

It's what we are celebrating on Simchat Torah.

What is finishing the Torah and starting it all over again?

300

Most people begin putting up their sukkahs after this holy day.

What is Yom Kippur/Day of Attonment?

300

Aravah

What is the willow branches? (part of the Four Species).

300

The number of directions that we wave the lulav.

What is 6?

300

It is a mitzvah to do this in the sukkah.

What is eat?

300

This is what the words Simchat Torah mean.

What is rejoicing of the law?

400

It is what the sukkah reminds us of.

What is a structure to remember the temporary shelters of the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness after leaving Egypt.

400

Hadas

What is myrtle branches? ( smell nice)

400

The name of the yellow fruit held with the lulav.

What is etrog?

400

This emotion is what we are obligated to have and operate in during Sukkot.

What is joy?

400

This is what the words Shemini Atzeret mean.

What is the 8th day assembly? Shemini means “eighth.” Atzeret means “assembly,” “gathering,” 

500

This is what the roof of the Sukkah is called.

What is Schach?  It is made from natural plant material, such as tree branches, bamboo, reeds, or palm leaves.

500

The Four Species symbolize this.

Together, the Four Species symbolize unity among Jews.

500

Together the lulav and etrog are called arba minim (ahr-BAH mee-NEEM), which is Hebrew for this?

What is the four species?

500

The name of the holiday that falls the day after the 7 days of Sukkot.

What is Shemini Atzeret?

500

The joyful processions around the synagogue with the Torah scrolls are called this.

What are hakafot?