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Sukkot Quiz

How much do you know about this fall holiday?

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Sukkot is when the sukkah, the non-permanent outdoor hut, is built. Sukkot was also once a holiday of agricultural thanksgiving, and this is celebrated with the holiday’s other ritual items: the lulav and etrog. How much do you know about Sukkot?

Question 1 of 10
What are the days of hol hamo’ed?
Question 2 of 10
What is a pitom?
Question 3 of 10
Which is not a pilgrimage festival?
Question 4 of 10
When did the custom of beating willows at the end of Sukkot originate?
Question 5 of 10
Outside Israel, on the evening following the seventh day of Sukkot, what holiday begins?
Question 6 of 10
Arba’ah minim means
Question 7 of 10
True or false: The kabbalists developed the custom of inviting seven biblical ancestors as guests in the sukkah.
Question 8 of 10
Sukkot is sometimes called z'man simhatenu. What does this mean?
Question 9 of 10
Which harvest is associated with Sukkot?
Question 10 of 10
The seventh day of Sukkot is known as
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