SUKKAH
MISHNA SUKKAH
LULAV
SUKKOT TRADITIONS
AFTER SUKKOT
100

The Hebrew word for the branches or bamboo that we put on top of the sukkah

What is Skhach

100
True or False: You can use the side of a building as one of the walls for the sukkah.
True
100

The name of the yellow fruit held with the lulav

What is an etrog

100

What we must be able to see through the roof of our Sukkah

What are the stars/sky

100

The name of the holiday this Thursday night/Friday

What is Simchat Torah

200

A sukkah may not be under this

What is a tree

Will also accept: another sukkah with people in it

200

The minimum number of walls a sukkah can have

What is 2 1/2

Will also accept 3

200

The number of directions in which we wave the lulav

What is 6

200

The number of days we celebrate Sukkot

What is 7

200

It's what we are celebrating on Simchat Torah

What is finishing the Torah and starting it all over again

300

There needs to be more of this than that for a sukkah to be kosher

What is shade than sun

300

The maximum height of a sukkah

What is 20 cubits

300

The number of trees from which we use the branches for a lulav

What is 3

300

It is a mitzvah to do this in the sukkah

What is dwell

also acceptable: live, sit, sleep, eat

300

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

Hint: not Simchat Torah

What is Shemini Atzeret

400

What the sukkah reminds us of

What is 40 years in the wilderness or the booths that farmers built so that they could stay in the fields during the harvest

400

The minimum height of a sukkah

What is 10 handbreadths

400

The names of the different trees used for the lulav

What is palm (lulav), willow (aravah), and myrtle (hadas)


bonus for knowing Hebrew

400

The special guests traditionally invited to the sukkah each night

Who are Ushpizin

400

The number of times that we dance around the synagogue with the Torah scrolls on Simchat Torah

What is 7

500

The day(s) during Sukkot that we do not shake the lulav

What is Shabbat

500

The number of days before the holiday that you are permitted to build your sukkah without designating it for the holiday

What is 30

500

It's what we call the processions when we march around the sanctuary with our lulav and etrogs

What is Hoshanot

500

The name for the 7th day of Sukkot

What is Hoshanah Rabah

Bonus: what do we do on that day?

500

The Hebrew term for "going around" with the Torah scrolls

What is Hakafot