## Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Sukkot, Top Ten Sukkot Facts

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1. Sukkot has three other names:


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• *Ḥag HaAsif*, “The Festival of Gathering”


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
• *Ḥag*, “Festival”


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
• *Zeman Simḥateinu*, “The Time of Our Rejoicing”


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
2. Sukkot is a seven-day festival – the eighth day that follows it, Shemini Atzeret, is a separate festival.


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3. Sukkot is one of the three annual *Shalosh Regalim* (the three pilgrimage festivals), when there was a special mitzva to travel to Jerusalem and participate in the Temple service (the other two pilgrimage festivals are Pesaḥ and Shavuot).


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4. The main mitzva of Sukkot is to “live” in a sukka all eight days.


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5. The *sekhakh* that forms the roof of the sukka must be made of organic material that has not been processed or made into something for another purpose.


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
6. The other unique mitzva of the festival of Sukkot is to take the *Arba Minim* – the Four Species. The mitzva is fulfilled by waving them in six directions. The Four Species are:


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• lulav (palm frond)


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
• etrog (citron)


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
• *hadassim* (myrtles)


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
• *aravot* (willows)


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
7. Each day of Sukkot (apart from Shabbat), we walk around the *bima* in *shul* while holding the Four Species and saying special prayers called *Hoshanot*.


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
8. The last day of the festival of Sukkot is called Hoshana Rabba (The Great Hoshana), when we circle the *bima* seven times with our lulav and etrog, saying *Hoshanot*.


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
9. During Temple times there were special joyous water-drawing celebrations called *Simḥat Beit HaSho’eva*, where water was poured over the altar.


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
10. Many people have the mystical custom to say *Ushpizin* in their sukka: seven biblical characters are welcomed to the sukka, a different one each night.