{"id":11067,"date":"2001-01-05T00:05:20","date_gmt":"2001-01-04T22:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=11067"},"modified":"2022-09-14T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:26:28","slug":"13-05-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/13-05-05\/","title":{"rendered":"05. When to Shake the Lulav<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to the shaking after the recitation of the berakha<\/em> on the lulav<\/em>, the Sages ordained holding the lulav<\/em> during the recitation of Hallel<\/em> and shaking it when reciting the verses of \u201cHodu la-Shem ki tov<\/em> ki le-olam \u1e25asdo<\/em>\u201d (\u201cThank the Lord for He is good, for His kindness endures forever\u201d) and \u201cAna Hashem hoshi\u2019a na<\/em>\u201d (\u201cLord, please, save us\u201d) (Sukka<\/em> 37b). They linked their enactment to a verse: \u201cThen shall all the trees of the forest shout for joy\u2026. Thank the Lord for He is good, for His kindness endures forever. Declare: Save us (hoshi\u2019enu<\/em>), O God, our deliverer, and gather us and save us from the nations, to acclaim Your holy name, to glory in Your praise\u201d (1 Divrei Hayamim 16:33-35). How can trees \u201cshout for joy\u201d? When they sway and rustle. And when is that? When they recite \u201chodu<\/em>\u201d and \u201choshi\u2019enu<\/em>.\u201d The end of this verse may allude to an additional function of shaking the lulav<\/em> \u2013 it may serve as a prayer for the ingathering of the exiles from the four corners of the earth.<\/p>\n

Since Sukkot is when we are judged concerning rain, shaking the four species \u2013 which grew from the rains of the previous year \u2013 expresses thanks for the blessings of the previous year and a prayer for the upcoming one: that from the heaven, the earth, and the four winds will come beneficial rain and dew, not harmful precipitation and destructive winds.<\/p>\n

As we have learned, we shake the lulav<\/em> when we recite the verses \u201cHodu la-Shem ki tov ki le-olam \u1e25asdo<\/em>\u201d and \u201cAna Hashem hoshi\u2019a na<\/em>\u201d in Hallel<\/em>. The shaking is parsed according to the words, and when saying God\u2019s name, one stops and concentrates on the holiness of His name. Thus, when reciting \u201cHodu<\/em>,\u201d which contains six words apart from the name of God, one shakes in one direction with each word. When reciting \u201cAna<\/em>,\u201d which has only three words apart from the name of God, one shakes in two directions with each word (MB 651:37).<\/p>\n

According to the kabbalists, we shake the lulav <\/em>five times: 1) After reciting the berakha<\/em> on the lulav<\/em>; 2) at the first instance of \u201cHodu<\/em>\u201d; 3-4) at the two instances of \u201cAna Hashem hoshi\u2019a na<\/em>\u201d; 5) during the recitation of \u201cHodu\u201d<\/em> at the end of Hallel<\/em>. There is no difference between the \u1e25azan<\/em> and the congregation in this respect. Sephardim and some \u1e24asidim<\/em> follow this practice. Yemenites shake the lulav <\/em>only four times, as they recite \u201cAna Hashem hoshi\u2019a na<\/em>\u201d only once.<\/p>\n

According to Ashkenazic custom, the congregation shakes the lulav <\/em>nine times, and the \u1e25azan<\/em> seven, because according to this practice, the custom is to shake the lulav <\/em>every time the verse of \u201cHodu<\/em>\u201d is recited. When the \u1e25azan <\/em>recites \u201cHodu<\/em>\u201d and the next three verses (\u201cYomar Na<\/em>,\u201d \u201cYomru Na Beit Aharon<\/em>,\u201d and \u201cYomru Na Yir\u2019ei Hashem<\/em>\u201d), the congregation responds with \u201cHodu<\/em>.\u201d The \u1e25azan <\/em>shakes the lulav <\/em>only to accompany the first two verses, \u201cHodu<\/em>\u201d and \u201cYomar Na<\/em>\u201d: the first because he is praising God, and the second because he is calling on all of Israel to praise God, and he is part of their subsequent praise. In contrast, the last two verses are not all-inclusive but are limited to the house of Aharon and God-fearers; he is not included among them, so he does not shake the lulav<\/em> then (SA and Rema 651:8). The ninth shake (the \u1e25azan<\/em>\u2019s seventh) is at the end of Hallel<\/em>, when Ashkenazim recite the verse of \u201cHodu<\/em>\u201d twice and shake the lulav <\/em>each time, whereas, as we said in the previous paragraph, the kabbalistic practice is to shake only once then.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n[3]<\/a>. In some Ashkenazic synagogues, the \u1e25azan<\/em> also shakes the lulav<\/em> during the congregation\u2019s recitation of \u201cYomru Na Beit Aharon<\/em>\u201d and \u201cYomru Na Yir\u2019ei Hashem<\/em>\u201d (as described in Tosafot<\/em>, Sukka<\/em> 37b, s.v. \u201cbe-hodu\u201d). Bikurei Yaakov<\/em> 651:32 states that this custom should not be annulled. In Sephardic practice, the congregation repeats each of the four verses (rather than responding to each verse with \u201cHodu<\/em>\u201d). So in that part of Hallel<\/em>, \u201cHodu<\/em>\u201d is recited only once. See Peninei Halakha:<\/em> Zemanim<\/em> ch. 1, n.17 for the sources of the Ashkenazic and Sephardic customs concerning this responsive reading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to the shaking after the recitation of the berakha on the lulav, the Sages ordained holding the lulav during the recitation of Hallel and shaking it when reciting the verses of \u201cHodu la-Shem ki tov ki le-olam \u1e25asdo\u201d (\u201cThank the Lord for He is good, for His kindness endures forever\u201d) and \u201cAna Hashem […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13-05"],"yoast_head":"\n05. 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