Questions tagged [hoshana-rabbah]
The last of the intermediate days of Sukkot upon which special prayers are recited for rain
11
questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
6
votes
0
answers
108
views
What happens on Hoshanah Rabbah?
On Rosh Hashanah the judgment is written.
On Yom Kippur it is sealed.
But we really have until Hoshanah Rabbah to repent. The Zohar [Tzav 31b] says that's when the judgment is delivered.
Who is ...
- 21.9k
5
votes
0
answers
194
views
Arvei Nahal - Acceptable Species
Vayikra 23:40 provides the commandment to take up the four species on Sukkot: וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים וַעֲנַף עֵץ עָבֹת וְעַרְבֵי נָחַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם ...
- 17.8k
4
votes
0
answers
546
views
Reading Mishnah Torah on Hoshana Rabba
There is a minhag that many have to read in shul from a Sefer Torah the entire Chumash of Davarim on the night of Hoshanah Rabbah. What is the first makor (source) for this minhag and what is the ...
- 16k
4
votes
0
answers
56
views
Is there a custom to go round the Sefer Torah with just the arava bundle on Hoshana Rabba?
There is a shiur “HOSHANA RABBA SHIUR OF RABBI J.B. SOLOVEITCHIK BOSTON, 1969” which discusses the custom of the arava on Hoshana Rabba.
In the shiur, the Rav is recorded as saying:
On Hoshana ...
- 47.6k
3
votes
0
answers
115
views
Meal on Hoshanah Rabbah
People tell me there's an idea to have a big meal on Hoshanah Rabbah. I don't see this anywhere in Shulchan Aruch (668), Rema, or Mishnah Berurah. I see the Magen Avraham there says that people who ...
- 19.8k
2
votes
0
answers
42
views
On 7th day of Sukkos, were the willow branches placed round the altar only on the western and northern sides?
The mishna in Sukkah 45a states that
“How is the mitzva of the willow branch fulfilled? There was a place
below Jerusalem, and it was called Motza. They would descend there and
gather willow branches ...
- 47.6k
2
votes
0
answers
86
views
Holding Sefer Torah during Hoshanos and Walking Around Bima with Lulav
This morning I saw the person holding the sefer Torah at the Bimah during Hoshanos pass the Torah to another person for a short time so he could walk around the Bimah with his lulav and Esrog.
I ...
- 7,540
1
vote
0
answers
51
views
Why no Avinu Malkeinu on Hoshanah Rabbah
According to traditional kabbalah, Hoshanah Rabbah is analogous to Yom Kippur in the sense of being a day of final judgment for the year, my question is why isn’t Avinu Malkeinu part of the Hoshanah ...
- 4,414
1
vote
0
answers
119
views
Removing the rings from the Lulav - when?
I have observed 2 different minhagim when it comes to removing the 3 rings of the lulav on הושענה רבה.
To remove it right after the bracha on the lulav, prior to hallel.
To wait until after Hallel ...
- 2,112
1
vote
0
answers
80
views
Smashing the Aravos/Jews without Torah or Mitzvos
According to the understanding that the aravos symbolize the Jews without Torah or Mitzvos (Vayikra Rabba 30:12 מָה עֲרָבָה זוֹ אֵין בָּהּ טַעַם וְאֵין בָּהּ רֵיחַ, כָּךְ הֵם יִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ בָּהֶם ...
- 14.3k
0
votes
0
answers
116
views
Torah service on Hoshana Rabba
My old Ashkenazi machzor says that the Torah scroll should be removed from the Ark on Hoshana Rabba just as on the Shabbat. Nevertheless, I find a few points unclear, while I make some reasonable ...
- 7,684