Hoshanah Rabbah

Hoshanah Rabbah is the climax of the High Holiday cycle, the day the judgment of Yom Kippur receives its final seal.

When tradition is silent, symbolic explanations arise.

How did this Sukkot tradition develop?

Hoshanah Rabbah, the seventh day of Sukkot, marks the thematic end of the High Holiday period.

The last day of Sukkot has its own rituals

Called hol hamoed, the intermediate days are observed differently than the beginning and final ones.