Four species
Plant species used ceremonially during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The four species (Hebrew: ארבעת המינים arba'at ha-minim, also called arba'a minim) are four plants—the etrog, lulav, hadass, and aravah—mentioned in the Torah (Leviticus 23:40) as being relevant to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.[1] Observant Jews tie together three types of branches and one type of fruit and wave them in a special ceremony each day of the Sukkot holiday, excluding Shabbat. According to Rabbinic Judaism, the waving of the four plants is a mitzvah prescribed by the Torah, and it contains symbolic allusions to a Jew's service of God.
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Torah: | Leviticus 23:40 |
Babylonian Talmud: | Sukkah Chapter 3 |
Mishneh Torah: | Laws of Shofar, Sukkah, and Lulav 7:1–8:11 |
Shulchan Aruch: | Orach Chaim 645–658 |
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