Lulav (pronounced loo-love) and
Etrog (pronounced et-rog).
The lulav is actually made up of four different parts: a palm branch, a myrtle branch, a willow branch and a woven palm handle that keeps them all together. Lulavim (plural of lulav) are grown, prepared and shipped throughout the world from Israel, arriving fresh just in time for the holiday’s
celebration.
An important tradition and mitzvah is to say a special blessing and shake the lulav in six directions—north, south, east, west and up and down—to symbolize that God is everywhere. While doing this, we hold the lulav in our two hands along with an etrog. An etrog is a citrus fruit that looks like a big bumpy lemon and has a sweet fragrance.
Each of our classrooms is sharing a lulav and etrog from Israel with another classroom. Get ready to see us shake them!
Adapted from the Union for Reform Judaism's Holiday Happenings.
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