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Find great deals on eBay for ushpizin. Shop with confidence. Ushpizin (Hebrew: האושפיזין ‬, lit. 'the Sukkot guests', from Aramaic ushpizin אושפיזין 'guests') is a 2004 Israeli film directed by Gidi Dar and written by Shuli Rand. It starred Rand, and his wife, Michal, who had never acted before.

Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות‎ or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt), commonly translated as Festival of Tabernacles (traditional Ashkenazi spelling Sukkos/Succos) also known as Chag HaAsif (חג האסיף), the Festival of Ingathering, is a biblicalJewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, Tishrei (varies from late September to late October). During the existence of the Jerusalem Temple, it was one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים‎, shalosh regalim) on which the Israelites were commanded to perform a pilgrimage to the Temple.

The names used in the Torah are Chag HaAsif, translated to 'Festival of Ingathering' or 'Harvest Festival', and Chag HaSukkot, translated to 'Festival of Booths'.^[5] This corresponds to the double significance of Sukkot. The one mentioned in the Book of Exodus is agricultural in nature—'Festival of Ingathering at the year's end' (Exodus 34:22)—and marks the end of the harvest time and thus of the agricultural year in the Land of Israel. The more elaborate religious significance from the Book of Leviticus is that of commemorating the Exodus and the dependence of the People of Israel on the will of God (Leviticus 23:42–43).

The holiday lasts seven days in Israel and eight in the diaspora. The first day (and second day in the diaspora) is a Shabbat-like holiday when work is forbidden. This is followed by intermediate days called Chol Hamoed, when certain work is permitted. The festival is closed with another Shabbat-like holiday called Shemini Atzeret (one day in Israel, two days in the diaspora, where the second day is called Simchat Torah). Shemini Atzeret coincides with the eighth day of Sukkot outside Israel.

The Hebrew word sukkōt is the plural of sukkah, 'booth' or 'tabernacle', which is a walled structure covered with s'chach (plant material, such as overgrowth or palm leaves). A sukkah is the name of the temporary dwelling in which farmers would live during harvesting, a fact connecting to the agricultural significance of the holiday stressed by the Book of Exodus. As stated in Leviticus, it is also intended as a reminiscence of the type of fragile dwellings in which the Israelites dwelt during their 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. Throughout the holiday, meals are eaten inside the sukkah and many people sleep there as well.

On each day of the holiday it is mandatory to perform a waving ceremony with the Four Species.

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Origins[edit]

In the Book of Leviticus, God told Moses to command the people: 'On the first day you shall take the product of hadar trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook' (Lev. 23:40), and 'You shall live in booths seven days; all citizens in Israel shall live in booths, in order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt' (Lev. 23:42–43).

The origins of Sukkot are both historical and agricultural. Historically, Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert, living in temporary shelters. Agriculturally, Sukkot is a harvest festival and is sometimes referred to as Chag HaAsif (חג האסיף, the 'Festival of Ingathering'), as it celebrates the gathering of the harvest.^[6][7]Serial number generator.

Laws and customs[edit]

Sukkot is a seven-day festival, with the first day celebrated as a full festival with special prayer services and holiday meals. The seventh day of Sukkot is called Hoshana Rabbah ('Great Hoshana', referring to the tradition that worshippers in the synagogue walk around the perimeter of the sanctuary during morning services) and has a special observance of its own. Outside Israel, the first and last two days are celebrated as full festivals. The intermediate days are known as Chol HaMoed ('festival weekdays'). According to Halakha, some types of work are forbidden during Chol HaMoed.^[8] In Israel many businesses are closed during this time.^[9]

Throughout the week of Sukkot, meals are eaten in the sukkah. If a brit milah (circumcision ceremony) or Bar Mitzvah rises during Sukkot, the seudat mitzvah (obligatory festive meal) is served in the sukkah. Similarly, the father of a newborn boy greets guests to his Friday-night Shalom Zachar in the sukkah. Males awaken there, although the requirement is waived in case of drought. Every day, a blessing is recited over the Lulav and the Etrog.

Keeping of Sukkot is detailed in the Hebrew Bible (Nehemiah 8:13–18, Zechariah 14:16–19 and Leviticus 23:34–44); the Mishnah (Sukkah 1:1–5:8); the Tosefta (Sukkah 1:1–4:28); and the Jerusalem Talmud (Sukkah 1a–) and Babylonian Talmud (Sukkah 2a–56b).

Building a sukkah[edit]

The sukkah walls can be constructed of any material (wood, canvas, aluminum siding, sheets). The walls can be free-standing or include the sides of a building or porch. The roof must be of organic material, known as s'chach, such as leafy tree overgrowth, schach mats or palm fronds – plant material that is no longer connected with the earth.^[10] It is customary to decorate the interior of the sukkah with hanging decorations of the four species^[11] as well as with attractive artwork.

Special prayers[edit]

Prayers during Sukkot include the reading of the Torah every day, reciting the Mussaf (additional) service after morning prayers, reciting Hallel, and adding special additions to the Amidah and Grace after Meals. In addition, the service includes rituals involving the Four Species. The lulav and etrog are not brought to the synagogue on Shabbat.^[12]

Hoshanot[edit]

On each day of the festival, worshippers walk around the synagogue carrying the Four Species while reciting special prayers known as Hoshanot.^[12]:852 This takes place either after the morning's Torah reading or at the end of Mussaf. This ceremony commemorates the willow ceremony at the Temple in Jerusalem, in which willow branches were piled beside the altar with worshippers parading around the altar reciting prayers.^[13]

Ushpizin[edit]

A custom originating with Lurianic Kabbalah is to recite the ushpizin prayer to 'invite' one of seven 'exalted guests' into the sukkah.^[14] These ushpizin (Aramaicאושפיזין 'guests'), represent the seven shepherds of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Joseph and David. According to tradition, each night a different guest enters the sukkah followed by the other six. Each of the ushpizin has a unique lesson which teaches the parallels of the spiritual focus of the day on which they visit.

Some streams of Judaism also recognize the Ushpizot, or female shepherds of Israel, coidentified with the seven prophetesses of Judaism: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Hulda, and Esther.^[15]

Chol HaMoed intermediate days[edit]

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The second through seventh days of Sukkot (third through seventh days outside Israel) are called Chol HaMoed (חול המועד – lit. 'festival weekdays'). These days are considered by halakha to be more than regular weekdays but less than festival days. In practice, this means that all activities that are needed for the holiday—such as buying and preparing food, cleaning the house in honor of the holiday, or traveling to visit other people's sukkot or on family outings—are permitted by Jewish law. Activities that will interfere with relaxation and enjoyment of the holiday—such as laundering, mending clothes, engaging in labor-intensive activities—are not permitted.^[16][17]

Religious Jews often treat Chol HaMoed as a vacation period, eating nicer than usual meals in their sukkah, entertaining guests, visiting other families in their sukkot, and taking family outings. Many synagogues and Jewish centers also offer events and meals in their sukkot during this time to foster community and goodwill.

On the Shabbat which falls during the week of Sukkot (or in the event when the first day of Sukkot is on Shabbat), the Book of Ecclesiastes is read during morning synagogue services in Israel. (Diaspora communities read it the second Shabbat {eighth day} when the first day of sukkot is on Shabbat.) This Book's emphasis on the ephemeralness of life ('Vanity of vanities, all is vanity..') echoes the theme of the sukkah, while its emphasis on death reflects the time of year in which Sukkot occurs (the 'autumn' of life). The penultimate verse reinforces the message that adherence to God and His Torah is the only worthwhile pursuit. (Cf. Ecclesiastes 12:13,14.)^[18]

Hakhel assembly[edit]

In the days of the Temple in Jerusalem, all Israelite, and later Jewish men, women, and children on pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the festival would gather in the Temple courtyard on the first day of Chol HaMoed Sukkot to hear the Jewish king read selections from the Torah. This ceremony, which was mandated in Deuteronomy 31:10–13, was held every seven years, in the year following the Shmita (Sabbatical) year. This ceremony was discontinued after the destruction of the Temple, but it has been revived in Israel since 1952 on a smaller scale.^[19]

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Simchat Beit HaShoevah water-drawing celebration[edit]

During the intermediate days of Sukkot, gatherings of music and dance, known as Simchat Beit HaShoeivah (Celebration of the Place of Water-Drawing), take place. This commemorates the drawing of the water for the water-libation on the Altar, an offering unique to Sukkot, when water was carried up the Jerusalem pilgrim road from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple in Jerusalem.^[20]

Hoshana Rabbah (Great Supplication)[edit]

The seventh day of Sukkot is known as Hoshana Rabbah (Great Supplication). This day is marked by a special synagogue service in which seven circuits are made by worshippers holding their Four Species, reciting additional prayers. In addition, a bundle of five willow branches is beaten on the ground.^[12]:859[13]

Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah[edit]

The holiday immediately following Sukkot is known as Shemini Atzeret (lit. 'Eighth [Day] of Assembly'). Shemini Atzeret is usually viewed as a separate holiday.^[21] In the Diaspora a second additional holiday, Simchat Torah ('Joy of the Torah'), is celebrated. In the Land of Israel, Simchat Torah is celebrated on Shemini Atzeret. On Shemini Atzeret people leave their sukkah and eat their meals inside the house. Outside Israel, many eat in the sukkah without making the blessing. The sukkah is not used on Simchat Torah.^[22]

Jeroboam's feast[edit]

According to 1 Kings 12:32–33, King Jeroboam, first king of the rebellious northern kingdom, instituted a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month in imitation of the feast of Sukkot in Judah, and pilgrims went to Bethel instead of Jerusalem to make thanksgiving offerings. Jeroboam feared that continued pilgrimages from the northern kingdom to Jerusalem could lead to pressure for reunion with Judah:

If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.^[23]

In Christianity[edit]

Sukkot is celebrated by a number of Christian denominations that observe holidays from the Old Testament. These groups base this on the fact that Jesus celebrated Sukkot (see the Gospel of John 7). The holiday is celebrated according to its Hebrew calendar dates. The first mention of observing the holiday by Christian groups dates to the 17th century, among the sect of the Subbotniks in Russia.^{[citation needed]} In the Orthodox Church, the holiday is said to correspond to the new covenant Feast of the Transfiguration.

Academic views[edit]

De Moor has suggested that there are links between Sukkot and the Ugaritic New Year festival, in particular the Ugaritic custom of erecting two rows of huts built of branches on the temple roof as temporary dwelling houses for their gods.^[24][25]

Some have pointed out that the original Thanksgiving holiday had many similarities with Sukkot in the Bible.^[26][27]

See also[edit]

• Sukkah City – a 2010 public art and architecture competition planned for New York City's Union Square Park
• Ushpizin (film), 2004

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References[edit]

1. ^'Jewish Holidays 2018'. hebcal.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
2. ^'Jewish Holidays 2019'. hebcal.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
3. ^'Jewish Holidays 2020'. hebcal.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
4. ^'Jewish Holidays 2017'. hebcal.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
5. ^'What Is Sukkot?'. Chabad.org. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
6. ^'Sukkot'. JewFAQ.org. Judaism 101. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
7. ^'Sukkot – The Festival of Booths'. Neot Kedumim Park. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
8. ^Scherman, Nosson; Zlotowitz, Meir; Finkelman, Shimon; Shṭain, Mosheh Dov, eds. (1994). Pesach: Its observance, Laws and Significance. Mesorah Publications. p. 88. ISBN9780899064475. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
9. ^Cohen, Dr. Chaim Charles (12 October 2014). 'True Chol Hamoed Celebration is only in Israel'. Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
10. ^'How do we make a Sukkah?'. BeingJewish.com. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
11. ^Belz, Yossi (10 September 2009). 'Sukkot'. ajudaica.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
12. ^ ^abcSacks, Lord Jonathan (2009). The Koren Siddur (Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, 1st Hebrew/English ed.). Jerusalem: Koren Publishers. ISBN9789653010673.
13. ^ ^ab'Honshana Rabbah'. chabad.org. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
14. ^Encyclopaedia Judaica. 19. p. 303.Missing or empty title= (help)
15. ^Hasit, Arie (October 4, 2012). Haaretzhttps://www.haaretz.com/jewish/on-ushpizin-and-ushpizot-guests-1.5175599.Missing or empty title= (help)
16. ^Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim, 530
17. ^Krakowski, Rabbi Y. Dov (10 April 2014). 'Hilchos Chol HaMoed'. Orthodox Union. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
18. ^Schlesinger, Hanan (15 September 2002). 'Ecclesiastes (Kohelet)'. MyJewishLearning.org. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
19. ^Appel, Gershion (Fall 1959). 'A Revival of the Ancient Assembly of Hakhel'. Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. 2 (1): 119–127. JSTOR23255504.
20. ^Prero, Rabbi Yehudah. 'Simchas Bais HaShoeva – A Happiness of Oneness'. Torah.org. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
21. ^See Rosh Hashanah 4b for rare cases where it is viewed as part of the Sukkot holiday.
22. ^'A Deeper Look at Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah'. Chabad.org. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
23. ^1 Kings 12:27
24. ^De Moor, Johannes Cornelis (1972). New Year with Canaanites and Israelites. Kok. pp. 6–7.
25. ^Wagenaar, Jan A. (2005). Origin and Transformation of the Ancient Israelite Festival Calendar. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 156.
26. ^Morel, Linda (20 November 2003). 'Thanksgiving's Sukkot Roots'. Jewish Journal. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
27. ^Gluck, Robert (17 September 2013). 'Did Sukkot Shape Thanksgiving?'. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

Further reading[edit]

• Chumney, Edward (1994). The Seven Festivals of the Messiah. Treasure House. ISBN978-1-56043-767-3.
• Howard, Kevin (1997). The Feasts of the Lord God's Prophetic Calendar from Calvary to the Kingdom. Nelson Books. ISBN978-0-7852-7518-3.

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Ushpizin (Hebrew: האושפיזין‎, lit.'Sukkot guests') is a 2004 Israeli film directed by Gidi Dar and written by Shuli Rand.^[1] It starred Rand, and his wife, Michal, who had never acted before.

Plot[edit]

Moshe and Mali Bellanga are an impoverished, childless, Hasidicbaalei teshuva ('returnees to Judaism') couple in the Breslov community in Jerusalem. After Moshe is passed over for a stipend he expected, they cannot pay their bills, much less prepare for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

Moshe admires a particularly beautiful etrog, or citron, one of the four species required for the holiday observance. They console themselves by recalling a saying of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov that difficult times are a test of faith. After some anguished prayer, they receive an unexpected monetary gift on the eve of the holiday^[2] and Moshe buys the etrog for 1000 shekels (approx. $300), a large sum of money that is much more than he can afford.

The couple is visited by a pair of escaped convicts, one of whom knew Moshe in his earlier, non-religious life. The convicts become their guests (ushpizin) in the sukkah, creating many conflicts and straining Moshe and Mali's relationship.

Cast[edit]

• Shuli Rand as Moshe Bellanga
• Michal Batsheva Rand as Malli Bellanga
• Shaul Mizrahi as Eliyahu Scorpio
• Ilan Ganani as Yossef

Locations[edit]

Ushpizin was filmed on location in Jerusalem, Israel.^[3] While a few scenes were shot in Haredi neighbourhoods, most of the film was shot at the Schneller Orphanage and in Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighbourhood. Several streets in Nachlaot feature frequently in the film: Rama Street (where Ben-Baruch meets Moshe and offers him the Sukkah, and where Moshe and Malli part), Zichron Tuvyah (where Moshe's Yeshiva is located) and Tavor Street, while others appear less frequently or even in single shots. The stone buildings of Nachlaot substitute for the Shmuel Hanavi area, though landmarks such as the Wolfson Towers and the Yad Labanim building reveal the true location.

Soundtrack[edit]

No separate soundtrack has been sold, though two of the main songs—'Ata Kadosh' and 'Yesh Rak HaKadosh Baruch Hu'—were later released on an album by Adi Ran.

Release and reception[edit]

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The film received mostly positive reviews, and was described as a heart warming tale for the Sukkot holiday. Michal Batsheva Rand's performance won many praises, being her first performance on screen.

The film was a box-office success, becoming one of the most financially successful Israeli movies of 2005. It attracted many religious and Haredi viewers who normally do not go to the cinema.

Haredi culture[edit]

Rand, for religious/modesty reasons, insisted that his wife, who had never acted before, star opposite him in the film.^[4]

The film was not directed at the Haredi film consumer, since Haredim do not go to movie theatres. Nonetheless, it attracted much attention and this led to heavy downloading and infringement of the movie from people who otherwise had no access to see the film. After inquiries from people who had watched unauthorized copies of the film asking how to pay, pashkvilen were put up in Haredi neighbourhoods. The advertisements told the public of the financial problem that resulted from the file sharing, a reminder of the prohibition against stealing and included a post office box and telephone number in which to pay with a credit card. Another way to repay the makers of the movie was to call movie theatres, order tickets, and not show up.^[5]

Awards and nominations[edit]

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The film was nominated for three Ophir Awards and Shuli Rand won for Best Actor. In his speech, he thanked God and Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. The film was also nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Shaul Mizrahi.

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References[edit]

1. ^WarnerBros.com – Movies, TV Shows and Video Games including Harry Potter. Newline.com.
2. ^Ushpizin Synopsis – Plot Summary. Fandango.com (19 October 2005).
3. ^Movie Review: Ushpizin – Escaped convicts on Sukkot – Israel Beat – Ben Bresky – Blogs. Israel National News (14 October 2008).
4. ^Dov Paris (Fall 2006). 'A Conversation with Shuli and Michal Rand'(PDF). Jewish Action. Orthodox Union. pp. 44–49. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
5. ^Ben Haim, Avishai (March 2005). ותודה להשם יתברך (in Hebrew). Nrg. Retrieved 9 May 2009.

External links[edit]

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• Ushpizin on IMDb