Four Species on Sukkot

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The Four Species on Sukkot are a set of ritual plants—etrog (citron), lulav (palm frond), hadas (myrtle), and aravah (willow)—waved together during the Jewish festival of Sukkot as a central mitzvah symbolizing unity and joy.

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Label Occurrences
Four Species on Sukkot canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ritual practice ⓘ
Sukkot ritual ⓘ
mitzvah ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arba Minim ⓘ
Four Kinds ⓘ
associatedWith Simchat Beit HaShoeva ⓘ
Temple-era water libation festival ⓘ
biblicalSource Leviticus 23:40 ⓘ
category Jewish holidays and observances ⓘ
commandedAs positive commandment ⓘ
describedIn Torah ⓘ
exempts women according to many halakhic authorities ⓘ
genderOfMitzvah time-bound positive commandment ⓘ
halakhicStatus biblical commandment in the Land of Israel on first day ⓘ
rabbinic commandment on remaining days ⓘ
HebrewName ארבעה מינים ⓘ
includes aravah ⓘ
etrog ⓘ
hadas ⓘ
lulav ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
observedBy Conservative Jews ⓘ
Orthodox Jews ⓘ
linked to: Orthodox Judaism

religious Jews ⓘ
some Reform Jews ⓘ
partOf festival of Sukkot ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
requires binding of lulav, hadas, and aravah ⓘ
holding etrog separately ⓘ
waving in six directions ⓘ
requiresObject kosher etrog without major blemishes ⓘ
straight lulav ⓘ
three myrtle branches ⓘ
two willow branches ⓘ
symbolizes connection to the Land of Israel ⓘ
dependence on rain and agriculture ⓘ
joy before God ⓘ
unity of the Jewish people ⓘ
usedDuring Hoshana Rabbah ⓘ
Sukkot ⓘ
usedFor waving ritual ⓘ
usedIn Hallel prayer ⓘ
linked to: Hallel

processions around the bimah ⓘ
synagogue services ⓘ
wavedToward down ⓘ
east ⓘ
north ⓘ
south ⓘ
up ⓘ
west ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chol HaMoed → associatedWith → Four Species on Sukkot ⓘ