Hava Nedaber Ivrit: Sukkot Has National, Agricultural Background Each month in this space, L'Chayim will present a Hebrew lesson entitled, "Hava Nedaber Ivrit!" (Let's Speak Hebrew), whose aim is to encourage further study of Hebrew. The lesson will include a brief story utilizing the Hebrew words to be studied, a vocabulary list with English translations and a family activitiy which involves using the new words. The lessons will be prepared by Nira Lev, associate professor of Hebrew language and literature at the Midrasha College of Jewish Studies. Mrs. Lev also teaches Hebrew language and literature at the Community Jewish High School at the United Hebrew Schools. Following is this month's lesson: If you happen to be a tayar in Yisrael during the Chagim, you will not need a luach-shana to tell you that Sukkot mitkarev. This chag, like most other chagim in Yisrael, is noticeable everywhere. Starting traditionally on Motza'ey Yom Kippur, you can see yeladim and mevugarim busy building sukkot. You will see anashim carrying schach for their sukkah from special mekomot set up by the city to provide people with schach. The Sukkah is the main semel of this chag, but not the only one. The shem Sukkot is also not the only shem of the chag. Like Pesach and Shavu'ot, Chag Ha'sukkot has a national, historical, and agricultural background. The shem Sukkot reflects the historical aspect of the chag. It is an eternal reminder of the greatest event in our history: Yetzee'at Mitzrayim. The Torah instructs us to dwell in sukkot shiv'ah yamim to remember the nedudim of avoteynu, B'ney-Yisrael, in the midbar on their way to Eretz Ha'avot, Ha'aretz Ha'moovtachat. During their 40 years of nedudim in the midbar, our ancestors lived in huts, or sukkot. These makeshift shelters could never have afforded bitachon and hagana in the savage midbar without the help of Ha'Kadosh Baruch Hoo. Thus the sukkah is a demonstration of the bitachon and emunah that our am has in Ha'Shem. The second shem by which Sukkot is known is Chag Ha'asif, the Harvest Festival, or The Feast of the Ingathering. The crops in the sadot having been gathered in, the people rejoiced before Ha'Shem in hakarat-todah for His blessings. This is the agricultural aspect of Chag Ha'sukkot, and it received symbolical espression through the use of the Arba Minim, "the four agricultural species." Arba'at Ha'minim are the etrog, the lulav, the hadas, and the arava. The third shem given to Sukkot is "Chag," The Festival because it used to be the chag "par excellence". For, unlike Pesach when the Oley regel had to return home after the first day, Sukkot, when the people have already ingathered all their crops, afforded the time for shiv'ah yamim of chagigot in Yerushalayim. The fourth shem of this chag, Zman Simchatenu, needs no further explanation. schach thatch, branches used as the sukkah roof mekomot places semel symbol shem name Yetzee'at Mitzrayim ...The Exit from Egypt shiv'ah yamim seven days nedudim wanderings avotenyu our forefathers B'ney Yisrael .The Children of Israel midbar desert Eretz Ha'avot The Land of The Fathers Ha'aretz Ha'moovtachat The Promised Land bitachon . security, safety, confidence hagana protection, defense Ha'Kadosh Baruch Hoo ...The Holy One Blessed Be He emunah faith am nation sadot fields hakarat-todah gratitude arba minim .four kinds, four species etrog citron lulav a branch of the palm tree hadas a myrtle branch arava a branch of the willow Oley Regel ...Pilgrims to Jerusalem chagigot celebrations Zman Simchatenu . .Time of our Joy Meelon (Vocabulary) tayar a tourist chagim holidays luach-shana a calendar Motzaey Yom Kippur . night following Yom Kippur yeladim children mevugarim adults anashim people Sukkot And Simchat Torah Answer the questions below and write the letters down on the top of the numbers. 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