The Rituals of Sukkot
Ushpizin
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom. The excerpt also includes rabbinic legends on each of the guests.
Seder N'tilat Lulav
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Hallel
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Hoshanot
This ready-to-use text, which includes the Hoshanot for Hol Hamoed, Shabbat, and Hoshanah Rabbah, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Beat It! The Ritual of Havatat Aravot
By Bradley Shavit Artson, Ziegler School
This CJ Journal article originally appeared in Vol. 48, No. 4, Summer, 1996, pp. 26–34. The introduction follows below:
One of Judaism's oddest rituals is that of beating the aravot (willow fronds) during the services for Hoshana Rabbah, the final Hol ha-Mo’ed day of Sukkot.