Sukkot Traditions
This holiday is known as the "Festival of Booths" or "Feast of Tabernacles."
What is Sukkot?
A sukkah must have this many walls at minimum.
What is three?
This fruit, which looks like a big lemon, is part of the four species.
What is the etrog?
Sukkot celebrates the time the Israelites spent traveling through this place.
What is the desert?
Sukkot is also a celebration of gathering these from the fields.
What is the harvest?
People shake these four species in all directions during Sukkot.
What are the lulav and etrog?
The roof of the sukkah is made of natural materials like branches or leaves. What is this roof called in Hebrew?
What is schach?
This long branch, part of the lulav, comes from a date palm tree.
What is the lulav?
This person led the Israelites out of Egypt and through the desert.
Who is Moses?
This is a popular fruit used to decorate the sukkah.
What is a pomegranate?
On Sukkot, families often eat their meals inside this structure.
What is a sukkah?
People decorate their sukkah with these, often made of paper, fruit, and drawings.
What are decorations?
The number of myrtle branches included in the lulav bundle.
What is three?
The Israelites ate this special food that fell from the sky while traveling in the desert.
What is manna?
Sukkot is sometimes compared to this American holiday that celebrates the harvest.
What is Thanksgiving?
This word means “time of our joy” and is a nickname for Sukkot.
What is Z'man Simchateinu?
The sukkah’s roof must be made of materials that grow from this.
What is the ground?
The number of willow branches included in the lulav bundle.
What is two?
This book of the Torah contains the story of the Israelites' journey through the desert.
What is Exodus?
During ancient times, people would travel to this city to celebrate Sukkot and offer sacrifices.
What is Jerusalem?
This is the special prayer recited while shaking the lulav and etrog.
What is Hallel?
According to tradition, the roof of the sukkah should have this feature, so you can see the stars.
What is gaps?
The Hebrew term for the four species used in the lulav.
What is Arba Minim?
Sukkot is one of these three major pilgrimage festivals, along with Passover and Shavuot.
What are the Shalosh Regalim?
In ancient Israel, Sukkot celebrated the gathering of these two main crops.
What are grapes and olives?