## Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 1 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/1) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **SUKKOT IN A NUTSHELL** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 2 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/2) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** The three approaches are: ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 3 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/3) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** i. The sukka represents the Clouds of Glory that surrounded the Israelites during the wilderness years (R. Eliezer). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 4 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/4) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** ii. Sukkot exists to remind us of our humble origins so that we never fall into the complacency of taking for granted our freedom, the land of Israel, and the blessings it yields (R. Akiva according to Rashbam). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 5 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/5) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** iii. The sukka represents the courage the Israelites had to travel, to move, to leave security behind, and to follow God’s call (R. Akiva according to Rabbi Sacks). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 6 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/6) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** The underlying theme of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur is the fragility of life and how dependent we are on God for our well-being. We acknowledge this on these days and put our faith in God that He will do what is best for us. These themes are also found in the festival of Sukkot, as seen in the three approaches outlined in answer 1. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 7 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/7) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** Examples can be found in every age of exile, when Jews often lived through persecution and uncertainty, yet kept their faith always and managed to hand on their love of Judaism to their children. Examples of these periods in Jewish history include the Crusades in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the expulsion from Spain in the fifteenth century, and the Holocaust in the twentieth century. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 8 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/8) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **DEEP DIVING INTO THE *TEFILLA* OF THE DAY** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 9 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/9) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** The Four Species are all native to the land of Israel and can be found there in plentiful numbers. They represent the beauty and fertility of the land. But they are all species that require much water to grow. This connects us to Sukkot’s themes of water and our dependence on God for water and all sustenance. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 10 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/10) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** While other nations that have more reliable sources of water and therefore a more stable material life may live with an innate sense of security, the climate of the land of Israel causes its inhabitants to continuously look to God for rain and sustenance, thereby always encouraging spiritual growth as they examine their deeds and constantly strive to improve themselves so they are deserving of God’s help. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 11 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/11) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** While today we have technology that can help us live in an arid climate that has no reliable water source (such as the Middle East), we are still dependent on rain, and are not completely independent of the need for natural water sources. However, modern Jewish history has shown us that there are many other existential threats for the Jewish people who live in the land of Israel. Perhaps we can see these as a modern-day version of needing to continuously connect to God for protection and pray for our very survival. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 12 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/12) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **IT ONCE HAPPENED ON SUKKOT…** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 13 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/13) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** There are various Jewish values that can sometimes compete with each other. In this case, the conflicting values were the study of Torah and the mitzva of hospitality and *Ḥesed* (loving-kindness). The lesson he learned was that mitzvot concerning other people take priority over mitzvot that are more concerned with our own spiritual well-being and our personal connection with God. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 14 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/14) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** Avraham is the first of the biblical guests we invite into our sukka during the custom of reciting *Ushpizin* (a different personality is invited in on each night of Sukkot). Avraham is also the most appropriate person from Jewish history to teach Rabbi Pinchas this message because he represented the core values of *Ḥesed* and *hakhnasat orḥim* (hospitality), as shown in the story of the angels who came to visit him (Bereshit ch. 18). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 15 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/15) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** One of the themes of Sukkot is God’s protection and love for us in the desert as we travelled between Egypt and the land of Israel. The mitzvot of hospitality and *Ḥesed* in general are a way for us to be like God and behave in the same way towards our neighbours and friends. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 16 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/16) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **ḤIDON ON THE ḤAG (A QUICK QUIZ)** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 17 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/17) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 1. *Ḥag HaAsif*, “The Festival of Gathering”; *Ḥag*, “Festival”; *Zeman Simḥateinu*, “The Time of Our Rejoicing.” ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 18 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/18) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 2. To remember the way the Israelites lived in the wilderness after they left Egypt and journeyed to the land of Israel. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 19 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/19) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 3. Two and a half (minimum). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 20 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/20) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 4. Something natural that once grew, but is no longer growing, and that has not been manufactured into a utensil of some sort. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 21 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/21) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 5. Lulav (palm frond), etrog (citron), *hadassim* (myrtles), *aravot* (willows). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 22 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/22) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 6. On each of the seven days of Sukkot (except when it is also Shabbat). We do not have a mitzva to take the *Arba Minim* on Shemini Atzeret/Simḥat Torah. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 23 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/23) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 7. *Ushpizin* is a mystical custom of inviting a different biblical character into the sukka each night of Sukkot. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 24 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/24) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 8. Kohelet (Ecclesiastes). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 25 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/25) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 9. Special joyous water-drawing celebrations of the Temple period during which water was poured over the altar. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 26 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Educational Companion to the Questions 26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Sukkot,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/26) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 10. Seven times.