Sukkot Quiz

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?

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Question 1. An etrog is a variety of
 Citrus
 Berry
 Apple
 Root vegetable

 

Question 2. When did the custom of beating willows at the end of Sukkot originate?
 Temple times, when people would beat the willows on the floor near the altar of the Temple in a symbolic destruction of sins
 Talmudic times, when the rabbis expressed their sadness about the exile by beating the willows
 Biblical times, to signal that it was time to take down the sukkahs
 Medieval times, to signal that it was time to harvest the crops

 

Question 3. Which is NOT one of the four species for Sukkot?
 Palm
 Myrtle
 Olive
 Willow

 

Question 4. Which is not a pilgrimage festival?
 Sukkot
 Passover
 Hanukkah
 Shavuot

 

Question 5. The lulav and etrog became symbols of the Land of Israel in the time of Bar Kochba. How do we know this?
 There is textual evidence written by Bar Kochba
 It is written in the Dead Sea Scrolls
 It is an oral tradition that has been passed down for centuries
 Coins from the time of the Bar Kochba revolt have pictures of the lulav and etrog

 

Question 6. This book is customarily read on Sukkot
 Esther
 Ruth
 Ecclesiastes
 Song of Songs
 Job

 

Question 7. Outside Israel, on the evening following the seventh day of Sukkot, what holiday begins?
 Tu Bishvat
 Tisha B’Av
 Simchat Torah
 Shemini Atzeret

 

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