Lulav

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Question: I've just learned the blessing that we say before taking the Four Species on Sukkot--and I have a question. Why do we say "Blessed are You … who sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning the taking of the lulav"? What ...

What is the shaking of the lulav and etrog set is all about?

The movements we make with the Four Kinds each day of Sukkot are a meditation on bringing our emotions into balanced harmony. This meditation is grounded in the kavanot of the Ari, as explained in the siddur of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.

On Sukkot we shake the lulav and etrog. Learn how to do this mitzvah of taking “the four kinds”.

The Jewish definition of joy is anticipating the future. We are joyful because we are planning, through hard work, to have a future together...

The lulav represents Torah study, the pillar of our connection to the Divine.

The mystery of a missing letter vav both in the verse that talks about shaking the lulav (Leviticus 23:40) and the verse commanding us to dwell in the sukkah (23:42).

Through the lulav, we draw down supernal consciousness