 | David Bridger, Samuel Wolk - Religion - 1976 - 572 pages
...(citron) during the services on Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). A blessing is pronounced while holding the Lulav in the right hand and the Etrog in the left hand. The worshipper waves the Lulav in six directions (up, down, north, south, east and west), symbolizing... | |
 | Irving Greenberg - Religion - 2011 - 470 pages
...woven palm branch). Three myrtle branches are placed on the right and two willows on the left. With the lulav in the right hand and the etrog in the left hand, held close together, a blessing is recited and the whole is waved together. The waving motion... | |
 | Sol Scharfstein - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1999 - 196 pages
...we take these "four kinds" and recite a blessing. The prayer is recited while standing and holding the lulav in the right hand and the etrog in the left, with the top pointing down. As soon as the blessing is ended, the etrog is turned over. Then, with... | |
 | Nina Beth Cardin - Religion - 2000 - 332 pages
...Every morning of Sukkot, except Shabbat morning, it is the custom to perform the following ritual. Hold the lulav in the right hand and the etrog in the left. Bringing the lulav and etrog together (with the pitam, the stem, of the etrog pointing downward), recite... | |
 | David S. Ariel - Religion - 2006 - 292 pages
...branches suggest Hesed, Din, and Tiferet, and the two willow branches denote Netzah and Hod.57 Holding the lulav in the right hand and the etrog in the left, the branches are waved in the synagogue service in six directions (east, south, west, north, up, and... | |
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Sukkot, both in synagogue and in the sukkah, it is traditional to hold the lulav in the right hand and the etrog in the left, and then to shake the lulav while reciting a blessing. 