1. a succah 2. a lulav 3. an etrog 4. a palm branch 5. myrtle branches 6. willow branches

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1 Discussion and brainstorming page Match the words below to the correct pictures. 1. a succah 2. a lulav 3. an etrog 4. a palm branch 5. myrtle branches 6. willow branches 1

2 סוכתי הסוכה נהדרת ירוקה Tune: Here it is! Come inside! See the door it s open wide! Family, friends and special guests Sit in our succah! Eat and drink and sing a song In the succah all day long! Having fun so many ways Seven nights and seven days! שלומית בונה סוכה Tune: Shlomit please come with me Bring leaves from the palm tree We re building a succah today! Take the hammer and some wood Some nails a ladder s good We re building a succah today! 2

3 blessing ידע knowledge ברכה בית כנסת synagogue branch ladder סולם ענף taste טעם celebration leaf (leaves) עלה )עלים ) חגיגה tie לקשור circle learn ללמוד עיגול, מעגל willow ערבה decorations middle אמצע קישוטים wood עץ deeds myrtle הדס מעשים direction nails מסמרים כיוון flag palm דקל דגל guest roof גג אורח hammer show להראות פטיש hut smell ריח צריף invite מינים / סוגים species להזמין kinds סמל / סימן symbol מינים / סוגים 3

4 Color the picture according to the letter-color code. s A,B red C,D yellow E,F green n a d d G,H blue I,J,K orange L,M brown u p f g N,O purple P,Q,R gray S,T black U,V,W pink X,Y,Z - white t w j c v k q a i m z l p r n y m g o x 4

5 Write the correct words under the pictures. Use the words from the word bank. willow branch palm branch etrog myrtle branches Color the pictures and complete the sentences accordingly. 1. The etrog is. 3. The willow branch is. 2. The myrtle branches are. 4. The palm branch is. 5

6 Which pictures belong to Succot? Say the number in English and draw a line to the word: Succot

7 Read the following sentences to the pupils and tell them to number the pictures. 1. We are sitting in the succah. 2. It s night time. 3. The boy is holding a flag. 4. The doors are open. 5. Please come inside. 6. It s yellow. 7. The boy is holding a branch. 7

8 Help the man find his way to the succah and write the words he passes on the way that are connected to Succot and Simchat Torah. There are 12 words. Please help me find my way to the succah! green egg book six penguin table palm Torah gorilla desk hat seven lamp succah cow dance flag window bag branch fox giraffe lion tiger pencil etrog door willow rabbit myrtle lulav ten monkey hen box cat brown black ladder one red jacket pink two pen decorations

9 Read what the four species have to say about themselves. Fill in the missing words from the word bank below. We are the Four Species! Like the people of Israel, we are all different but come together as one! Hi! I m a branch. My fruit has, but no smell. Happy holiday! I m an! I have both taste and smell. I am the willow branch. I have no taste and no. Hello! We are myrtle. We smell good, but have no taste. smell taste palm branches etrog 9

10 Connect the Hebrew words and pictures to their English translations. happy holiday the four species a succah Succot a willow branch special guests a palm branch a myrtle branch an etrog 10

11 Read what the children have to say about their succot. Match the descriptions to the pictures. 1. My succah is still empty. There is only a table inside. 4. The walls of my succah are different colors! 2. My succah is almost finished. There is food on the table for our guests! 3. My succah has many decorations inside. 11

12 Use the number-letter code below to help Uncle Max read the invitation. Remember to use a capital letter for names and the beginning of a sentence a b c d e f g h I j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z , Amit 12

13 Read about Succot and fill in the missing words from the word bank below. We celebrate the 1. of Succot five days after Yom Kippur. We also call Succot, Zman Simhateynu, the time of our 2.. After Yom Kippur we begin to build a succah. The succah is a small hut. It has three or four 3. that can be taken down and put up again. We cut branches from 4. for the roof of the succah. We build the succah to 5. the kind of homes the Jewish people lived in when they left Egypt and walked for forty years across the 6. to Israel. The mitzvot of Succot are: 7. and decorating a succah, sleeping and. in the succah, blessing the 9. species and inviting 10. to sit in the succah. guests holiday trees four eating walls remember building happiness desert 13

14 Match the sentences to the correct pictures. 1. The woman and the girl are making decorations for the succah. 2. He is holding the lulav in his right hand. 3. He is holding the etrog in his left hand. 4. The boys are carrying a big branch for the roof. 5. The boy is standing on a ladder. 6. The girl is giving the boy a palm branch. 7. The boy is putting leaves on the roof.. The boy is hammering a nail in the wood. 9. The man is inviting the boys to come into the succah. 10. They are sitting in the succah. 14

15 myrtle leaves build a lulav willow leaves wine the four species make decorations a roof an etrog invite desert a palm branch 15

16 Color the picture according to the number-color code. 1 red 2 blue 3 yellow green 5 purple 6 orange 7 black brown 9 gray 10 white 11 - pink

17 Read about Simchat Torah then unscramble the words below. Simchat Torah begins on the night after Succot. Simchat Torah means celebrating the joy of the Torah. On Simchat Torah, we finish reading the last part of the Torah and begin again with the first part. This shows us that the reading of the Torah doesn t stop. Simchat Torah is a time for celebration. Many people sing and dance with the Sefer Torah around the synagogue seven times. This is called the hakafot. Children carry flags and dance too. s g a f l r o a t h t n e e c r o l b a i c d e a n 17

18 Find at least ten words in the wordsearch connected to Succot and Simchat Torah and translate them. r o o f t o r a h f l a g l u l a v e t r o g g u e s t s d a n c e b r a n c h e s n o r t h s i n g c u p s u c c a h e a s t h a p p y s o u t h d o w n b u i l d u p d e c o r a t i o n s w e s t t a s t e h a m m e r i n v i t e s m e l l n a i l s l e f t w o o d l e a v e s l a d d e r r i g h t 1

19 Rearrange the words in the sentences. Match them to the appropriate pictures. 1. dancing Sefer Torah. are with We the 2. up. He holding Sefer Torah the is 3. carrying He flag. with a is 4. reading from They are Sefer Torah. the 5. am my Sefer Torah. holding I little 19

20 Write at least six sentences from the chart describing the pictures. The boy is The boys are The man is They are holding a Sefer Torah. bringing a palm branch. inviting guests to the succah. reading from the Sefer Torah. putting branches on the roof. holding a lulav. dancing with the Sefer Torah. carrying a flag. 20

21 Read the story and answer the questions on the next page. The Ghost of the Succah It was Succot and all our friends and family were sitting with us in our succah. Suddenly I saw a golden apple. Where did the golden apple in the corner come from? It wasn t there before. That night I asked my father, mother and brother if they put the golden apple in the succah, but they said they didn t. This was very strange! The next night when we all sat down again in the succah, I saw another golden apple hanging in a different corner of the succah. Where did this apple come from? I asked. But again, everyone said they did not know. During the next four days of Succot, four more apples appeared in our succah and still no answer to where they came from. I then decided to play detective and waited all day long by my window to try to catch the ghost of the succah. The next day, at 2 o clock in the afternoon, I heard a noise from the succah. I ran outside and saw a little boy sitting on the ground and holding his knee. There was a golden apple on the grass next to him. Who are you and what are you doing in our succah? I asked. My name is Nir and my family came to live here a week ago. My father is a greengrocer and is very busy. He does not have the time to build us a succah so I took some apples from my father s store to hang in your succah. I helped Nir into the house and my mother cleaned the cut on his knee. I told her about Nir and the golden apples and we both decided to invite Nir and his family to our succah for the last night of Succot. That night our succah was full of guests. We had a wonderful dinner and Nir s mother made a delicious apple pie. 21

22 After reading the story, The Ghost of the Succah, answer the questions. 1. What did Maya see in the corner of the succah? 2. What did Maya decide to do after she found the six golden apples? 3. Why was Nir holding his knee? 4. What did Maya and her mother decide to do after they heard Nir s story? 5. What did Nir s mother bring to the succah? 22