BIBLE VERSES Try to learn a Bible verse each day of the feast! Day ONE: Every Word of Elohim is refined, He is a shield to those who seek refuge in Him. Proverbs 30:5 Day TWO: And you shall love YAHWEH your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:5 Day THREE: Rejoice in YAHWEH always. Again I say, Rejoice! Philippians 4:4 Day FOUR: I can do all things through Messiah; the One giving me strength. Philippians 4:13 Day FIVE: Roll your works on YAHWEH, and your thoughts shall be established. Proverbs 16:3 Day SIX: I have hidden your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Psalms 119:11 Day SEVEN: For whom YAHWEH loves, He chastens, and disciplines every son with whom He is pleased. Hebrews 12:6 Day EIGHT: It is therefore the duty of the people of Elohim to keep the Sabbath. Hebrews 4:9
YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be a Feast of Booths, seven days to YAHWEH. On the first day shall be a holy gathering; you shall do no laborious work. Seven days you shall bring a fire offering to YAHWEH; on the eighth day you shall have a holy gathering; and you shall bring the fire offering to YAHWEH; it is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work of service. These are the set feasts of YAHWEH which you shall proclaim, holy gatherings, to bring a fire offering to YAHWEH, a burnt offering, and a food offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, the thing of a day on its own day; besides the Sabbaths of YAHWEH, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you shall give to YAHWEH. Also, in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather the increase of the land, you shall keep the feast of YAHWEH seven days; on the first day a Holy Day Sabbath, and on the eighth day a Holy Day Sabbath. And you shall take to yourselves on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, palm branches, and boughs of oak trees, and willows of the valley, and shall rejoice before YAHWEH your Elohim seven days. And you shall celebrate it a feast to YAHWEH, seven days in a year, a never ending statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month you shall keep it. You shall sit in Sookkuhs for seven days; all who are native in Israel shall sit down in Sookkuhs, so that our generations shall know that I caused the sons of Israel to live in Sookkuhs, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am YAHWEH your Elohim. Leviticus 23:33-43
Harvest Fruit Fun Facts And they came in to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch and one cluster of grapes. And they carried it on a staff by two; also of the pomegranates and of the figs. Numbers 13:23 There are seven agricultural fruits that are native to the land of Israel. These are wheat, barley, pomegranates, figs, olives, dates and grapes. Wheat and barley are harvested in the Spring, and the other five fruits are ready to be harvested in the Autumn, before the time of Sukkot. All of these fruits come from vegetation that can grow on its own with no intervention from man. The fruits are very nutritious and have many health benefits and uses. Pomegranate Rimon Pomegranates can live very long. There are some known to be over 200 years of age. The crown on the top of the fruit is called a calyx. The Israelite High Priests had pomegranates embroidered on the hem of their priestly robes. Pomegranate juice has a dark red color and it can be used to dye fabrics and make ink. Fig - te'enah The Fig tree is mentioned over fifty times in the Scriptures. Figs come from a tree that can grow up to 20 feet tall with very large leaves. The flower of the tree is never seen. It has tiny flowers that grow inside the fig fruit. Very small wasps crawl inside the fruit to pollinate the flowers. Olive Zayit The olive tree can grow to be very old. Some of the olive trees found today in the Garden of Gethsemane are believed to be almost two thousand years old. The olives are eaten and also collected to be pressed into olive oil. Shemen is the Hebrew word for oil. Olive oil has many uses such as; anointing oil, fuel to light lamps, cooking, medicinal use, and moisturizing skin. Date Tamar Dates are the fruit that comes from the Date Palm tree. The tree is very functional and every part can be used for something. The dates are eaten for food and also made into honey. The tree juices are fermented and made into wine. The trunk of the palm tree is used for construction timber; and the palm leaves are woven into baskets, mats, brooms, beds, and ropes and also made into furniture. The palm leaves are traditionally used to make the roof of a sukkah. Grapes Anaveem Grapes are about 80% water. One grape cluster has an average of 75 grapes. The vine can grow up to 50 feet long and have about 40 clusters of grapes. The grapes are eaten and also crushed and squeezed to make wine. Wine symbolizes time of plenty.
SAMPLE BACK Fold Here SIDE Fold Here TOP BOTTOM Build Your Own Sukkah Fold Here SIDE Fold Here BACK Instructions to build Sukkah: Cut out your sukkah. Fold into shape of a box according to fold areas. Glue back tabs together to seal your sukkah. Have fun and decorate with fruits, and palm branches on next page. BACK TAB BACK TAB
Fruits and Palms for Sukkah Color the fruits and palms and cut them out to decorate your sukkah!
Find the hidden words in the puzzle below J E R U S A L E M X F D M S U K K O T H E L R L Q V L P X Y A O F T W N C T A D S Q G G G N I R E H T A G N I T A B E R N A C L E S I N P T O X K P H B R I B R X U R U B J B A O A X R Q O H T X M E K V Q H A K K U S Q L FEAST INGATHERING ISRAEL JERUSALEM SUKKAH SUKKOT TABERNACLES Did you know? The Feast of Sukkot is also called by three other names in the bible. The Feast of Tabernacles, the Feast of Booths and the Feast of Ingathering.
At Sukkot time there are five harvest fruits to recognize in celebration of the feast. Can you identify the Pomegranate, the Olives, the Dates, the Figs, and the Grapes? Bonus: Color the fruit according to its kind.
Olive Tree For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and against nature were grafted into a good olive tree, how much more these being according to nature will be grafted into their own olive tree? Romans 11:24 Color the tree and the leaves (on the next page) and cut out the leaves to glue on the tree.
Leaves for the Olive Tree TIP: To make it easy, cut in an oval shape around the leaves!
Mosaic Tile Picture Create your own mosaic by coloring the squares to form a color pattern or a picture! SAMPLE A mosaic is a picture made with small pieces of tile, glass, stone or other materials. Many very old mosaic floors have been discovered in Israel.
Hidden Objects The objects below are hidden in and around the Jerusalem Gate. Can you find them?
Abraham s Tent Color the tent and look for the pictures on the next page to add to your tent! Did you know? A tent is a temporary dwelling. The ancient Israelites in the Bible lived in tents as they traveled through the desert. There are people called Bedouins who live in the desert. They also live in tents. Many Bedouin people are still living in the deserts of Israel today.
Pictures for Abraham s Tent Color the pictures and cut them out. Glue the objects around Abraham s tent Abraham Sarah Camel Sheep Small Table Pillows, Water Pitcher and Bowl Date Palm Tree
Find the best path to help Abraham get to his tent A man's heart plans his way, but YAHWEH fixes his step. Proverbs 16:9
Connect the dots starting from number 1 and then finish by coloring the page. Camels can be found in the desert. They have humps on their backs and can go a long time without water. Are Camels Kosher? Look up Leviticus chapter 11 verse 4 for the answer!
What man of you having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety nine in the open and go after the lost one until he finds it? And finding it, he puts it on his shoulders rejoicing Luke 15:4-5 I am the Good Shepherd! The Good Shepherd lays down His life on behalf of the sheep John 10:11
Connect the dots to complete the picture and finish by coloring And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. John 10:4
WORD SEARCH Look for the words listed below hidden in the puzzle G Q V D C S O E N A C W T N X R H N P C V Y B D F U I T T R Y I B V M J H R O R A E L O H I M J Y O U I E B B J Z Q U O B V S I E F B E Z E L Y I E C L T H F R D W U F K N Y X G S A O R J C U W Z Y C U S Q R O F B L D H X H O T O T C S J M BOOTHS ELOHIM FRUITS JOYFUL OFFERING PRAISE REJOICE Chag Sameach! What does this mean? It means happy holiday in Hebrew!
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Now on the great day, which is the last of the feast, Yahshua was standing and He cried out and said, If a man thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. John 7:37