Sukkot

Question 1

What does a sukkah remind us of?

Answer 1

1. The clouds of glory in the desert

2. The Jews lived in Sukkot when they travelled in the desert.

Question 2

Where may one NOT build a Sukkah?

Answer 2

1. A roof
2. An overhanging balcony
3. A tree
4. Schach hanging over from someone else’s Sukkah

Question 3

When should one ideally begin to build a Sukkah?

Answer 3

On Motsei Yom Kippur to show that we start the year immediately doing Mitzvot.

Question 4

What make up the Arbah Minim?

Answer 4

1. Lulav
2. Etrog
3. Hadasim
4. Aravot

Question 5

How many aravot do we take?

Answer 5

2

Question 6

How many hadasim do we take?

Answer 6

3

Question 7

In the Beit Hamikdash in Jerusalem, what was poured on the mizbeyach on Sukkot that wasn’t poured there the rest of the year?

Answer 7

Water

Question 8

What celebrations take place on Chol Hamoed Sukkot?

Answer 8

Simchat Beit haShoevah

Question 9

Another name for Sukkot?

Answer 9

Zman Simchateinu Time of our happiness

Question 10

What holiday comes immediately after Sukkot?

Answer 10

Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

Question 11

Which prayers are said only on Sukkot, and what do we do when we say them?

Answer 11

Hoshanot. We walk around the Bimah

Question 12

According to the Torah, what three basic requirements define a material as valid for use as a succah roof?

Answer 12

1. originally grow from the ground
2. be detached from the ground
3. can’t receive Tumah

Question 13

If this falls off, the etrog is no longer kosher. What is it called?

Answer 13

Pitum

Question 14

Besides referring to the tree and its fruit, what does the word “etrog” mean literally?

Answer 14

beautiful

Question 15

What do we read on the Shabbat of Sukkot and who wrote it?

Answer 15

Kohelet by Shlomo Hamelech