Sukkot Flashcards
1
Q
What is it known as
A
The feast of tabernacle is.
2
Q
What does Sukkot mean
A
Hut or booth
3
Q
What do Jewish families do
A
Build an open air structure in which to live during the holiday
4
Q
What is the essential thing about the hut
A
It should have a roof of branches and leaves, through which goes inside can see the sky, and it should be flimsy
5
Q
What four types of plant material are used
A
Etrog , palm branch, myrtle branch, Willow branch
People rejoice by waving them
6
Q
What does it commemorate
A
The years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the promised land. It’s celebrates the way in which God protected them in the desert for 40 years
7
Q
Quite in the Torah for sukkot
A
“You shall dwell in sukkot seven days”
