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Sukkot
Order your own set of the four kinds for Sukkot.
Order before
Friday, October 15, 2027
Sukkot begins that evening, and the sets have to be bound and here before it starts — so get your order in a few weeks ahead, not the week of.
One of the observances of Sukkot is taking the four kinds: an etrog (citron), a lulav (palm frond), three hadassim (myrtle twigs), and two aravot (willow twigs). Before the holiday the hadassim and aravot are bound to the Lulav, so that the four are held together.
They’re held and waved during the morning prayers on each of the seven days of Sukkot, except on Shabbat. Four different plants, held as one — the traditional reading is that this is a picture of the Jewish people.
The Lulav this year. The first day of Sukkot is Shabbat, so the Lulav and Etrog are not taken that morning. The first time is Sunday, October 17, the second day. It is the same rabbinic safeguard that keeps the Shofar silent when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, and it is worth knowing before you buy a set for a particular morning.
That is 6 mornings in all, the last of them Friday, October 22 — Hoshana Rabbah.
You don’t need to come to services to do it. A set at home means anyone in the house can take the mitzvah when they want to. If you’ve never done it and aren’t sure how, ask us — it takes two minutes to show you.
We bring in sets each year and you collect yours here. You'll get an email when your order is ready to pick up from the Chabad House, 5580 Almaden Expressway, San Jose.
How to hold a set, which way the Etrog goes, and the order of the waving are all in the Sukkot guide — along with what makes a sukkah kosher.
Also for Sukkot: come sit in our sukkah, and what the holiday is about.