Sukkah Building
Sukkot
Numbers
Species
Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret
100

What do we have to be able to see through the roof of the Sukkah?

stars

100

What is the main mitzvah to do in the sukkah?

eat

100

How many days is Sukkot? (Including Shemini Atzeret)

8

100

What is the citrus fruit?

etrog

100

What does Simchat Torah translate to?

Rejoicing with the Torah

200

What is traditionally used as the roof of the sukkah?

Bamboo

200

What day during Sukkot do we not wave the lulav?

shabbat

200

What is the maximum amount of walls a Sukkah can have?

4

200

What is the date palm branch?

Lulav

200

What book of the Torah do we start reading on Simchat Torah?

Genesis

300

What is the roof of the Sukkah called?

Schach

300

What is the name of the holiday that falls the day after the 7 days of Sukkot?

Shemini Atzeret

300

How many ways do we shake the lulav?

6

300

What is the myrtle branch?

Hadasim

300

What do we pray for on Shemini Atzeret?

Rain

400

When can you start building your Sukkah?

Immediately after Yom Kippur

400

What part of the service do you wave the lulav?

Hallel

400

What is the minimum amount of walls a Sukkah can have?

2.5

400

What is the willow branch?

Aravot

400

How many times do we march around the sanctuary with the Torah?

7

500

Why do we build the Sukkah?

To remember wandering in the desert/harvesting time

500

Who are the special guests traditionally invited to the sukkah each night?

Ushpizin

500

How many species are in the lulav and etrog?

4

500

What do the species symbolize?

Eyes - hadasim

Lips - willow

Heart - etrog

Spine - lulav

500

What is the date of Simchat Torah in the Hebrew Calendar?

23rd day of Tishrei