United Kingdom - London - Stamford Hill - Orthodox - Jewish - Festival - Sukkot

Orthodox Jewish men from Old Hill Street Synagogue parade 7 times around the Bimah in the synagogue shaking the Lulav (four species, Lulav, hadass, aravah and etrog) for the festival of Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. Symbolically the four species are used as a prayer for rainfall and waved north, south, east, west, up and down 3 times. The holiday of Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert.

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: 04-sukkot_3971.jpg
Copyright: © Andy Aitchison
Image Size: 4724x3148 / 6.1MB; Aitchison Andrew Andy Etrog Feast Frond Hasidic Jew Jewish Judaism Kingdom Kippah London Lulav Mitzvah Orthodox Palm Payos Payot Peyes Rabbi Rebbe Shul Stamford Succoth Sukkah Sukkot Synagogue Tabernacles Tishrei Tishri United aravah beard examine festival hadass hill holy kapele sideburns skullcap succos bimah succot sukkos
Contained in galleries: Orthodox Jewish London

Orthodox Jewish men from Old Hill Street Synagogue parade 7 times around the Bimah in the synagogue shaking the Lulav (four species, Lulav, hadass, aravah and etrog) for the festival of Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. Symbolically the four species are used as a prayer for rainfall and waved north, south, east, west, up and down 3 times. The holiday of Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert.