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The Etgar Succot Challenge

Warm up for Succot with this week's quiz

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1. How many branches of hadassim (myrtle) do we take as part of the arba minim?
a.    one
b.    two
c.    three
d.    four
e.    five

2.    The Ushpizin are…?
a.    types of fruit we use to decorate the succah
b.    famous biblical characters who are said to join us each day in the succah
c.    special cakes eaten on Succot
d.    leaves
used to 
cover the succah
e.    the prayer said after eating in a succah

3.    What is the name of the prayers recited on Succot during the procession around the synagogue?
a.    Hakafot
b.    Hoshanot
c.    Hallel
d.    Halleluyot
e.    Selichot

4.    What type of tree does a lulav come from?
a.    pine
b.    palm
c.    weeping willow
d.    oak
e.    cedar

5.    What is the Hebrew date of Hoshana Rabbah?
a.    Tishri 16
b.    Tishri 18
c.    Tishri 21 
d.    Tishri 22
e.    Tishri 23

6.    The words of Hatikvah are based on a poem by:
a.    Natan Alterman
b.    Naftali Herz Imber
c.    Robert Frost
d.    Edward Lear
e.    Naomi Shemer

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 Answers 1c, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5c, 6b
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