{"id":89547,"date":"2025-10-06T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=89547"},"modified":"2025-10-05T06:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T04:27:34","slug":"02-05-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=89547","title":{"rendered":"A Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>A Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Yoram Ettinger<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Jewish worshipper holds the Four Species, used in rituals on the holiday of Sukkot, as he takes part in the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism\u2019s holiest prayer site, amid Israel\u2019s second-wave coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some facts you may not know about the upcoming holiday of Sukkot.<\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/strong>. The holiday is named for the first stop during the 40-year-Exodus from Egypt \u2014 the town of\u00a0Sukkot<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 as documented in\u00a0E<\/em>xodus 13:20-22 and Numbers 33:3-5. This holiday underscores the gradual transition from the spiritual state-of-mind during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, to the mundane of the rest of the year. The construction of the Holy Tabernacle, during the Exodus, was launched on the first day of Sukkot.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Sukkot is a\u00a0national Jewish liberation holiday<\/strong>. It is the third Jewish pilgrimage holiday (following Passover and Shavuot).<\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> The roots of the\u00a0Hebrew<\/strong>\u00a0word Sukkot (\u05e1\u05d5\u05db\u05d5\u05ea<\/span>) are wholeness and totality (\u05e1\u05db<\/span>), shelter (\u05e1\u05db\u05da<\/span>), and attentiveness (\u05e1\u05db\u05ea<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

4<\/strong>.\u00a0The seven<\/strong>\u00a0days of Sukkot<\/strong>\u00a0are dedicated to seven monumental principle-driven leaders, who were compassionate and brave shepherds: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and David. They were endowed with faith, reality-based-optimism, humility, compassion, tenacity in the face of daunting odds, courage, and peace-through-strength.\u00a0 Sukkot also expresses gratitude for the\u00a0seven<\/strong>\u00a0species\u00a0<\/strong>of the Land of Israel: wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> Sukkot features (Leviticus 23:40<\/a><\/strong><\/span>) one\u00a0citron\u00a0<\/strong>(representing King David, the author of \u201cPsalms\u201d), one\u00a0palm branch<\/strong>\u00a0(representing Joseph), three\u00a0myrtle branches<\/strong>\u00a0(representing the three Patriarchs), and two\u00a0willow branches\u00a0<\/strong>(representing Moses and Aharon), which are\u00a0bonded together<\/strong>, representing the unity-through-diversity of the Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\n

These four species represent the agricultural regions of the Land of Israel: the southern Negev and Arava (palm), the slopes of the northern Golan Heights, Upper Galilee, and Mt. Carmel (myrtle), the streams of the central mountains of Judea and Samaria (willow), and the western coastal plain (citron).<\/span><\/p>\n

The palm branch, an ancient symbol of victory, was featured in coins from the Maccabees\u2019 era (from the second century BC through the first century AD), and the Bar Kochba rebellion (132-135 AD). According to the First Book of Maccabees, chapter 13, Simon the Maccabee celebrated the retaking of David\u2019s Citadel in Jerusalem with drums, harps, and palm branches.<\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Sukkot emphasizes humility,<\/strong>\u00a0as demonstrated by the seven-day-relocation from one\u2019s permanent residence to the temporary, humble, wooden booth (Sukkah), which sheltered the people of Israel during the Exodus.<\/span><\/p>\n

7.<\/strong>\u00a0Sukkot expresses the yearning for universal peace<\/strong>, highlighting the Sukkah of Peace (Sukkat Shalom).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yoram Ettinger<\/strong> is a former ambassador and head of \u201cSecond Thought: a U.S.-Israel initiative.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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