This year the usual Sukkot celebrations are cancelled, and many of us may not be attending Sukkot services. But that should not mean that we will forfeit celebrating this special holiday.
Spending time in the Sukka, and shaking the Lulav and Etrog, is the soul of Sukkot. It is the conduit to connect with the Al-mighty, and the source of joyous blessings for the year to come.
At Chabad, we live the Jewish ethos that "all Jews are equal and are responsible for one another" inspired by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneersohn.
Sukkot runs from the evening of Friday, October 2 through Friday, October 9. The Mitzvah of Lulav and Etrog is fulfilled during the daytime on Sunday, October 4 through Friday, October 9. The 10th and 11th of October are Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
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Only members of the same household can be in the Public Sukka together. Otherwise, please enter one at a time.
Wash your hands using the sanitization station.
Take the Lulav in your right hand and make the first blessing.
Take the Etrog in your left hand.
If this is your first time making the blessing this holiday, make the second blessing.
Put the Lulav and Etrog together and give it a shake.
Return Lulav and Etrog.
Wash your hand using the sanitization station.
Now smile - you did a SAFE MITZVAH!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.