Week 43 · The Jewish Year
Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah
Questions 731–756
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 731–756 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Sukkah; four species; Hallel; Hoshanot; Ushpizin; rain prayer; rejoicing with Torah.
Required reading
Siddur and machzor; Haggadah; practical festival guide; selected Tanakh and rabbinic sources for each season.
Practical observance
Build or inspect a kosher sukkah and learn to handle the arba minim.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: festival texts, Haggadah, and calendar terms. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 731–756; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Explain dwelling in the sukkah and observe the festival’s progression.