Four Species

Israel Images, Israel Pictures and Israel Photos of the Four Species.In Sukkot, Succoth or Sukkos and also known as the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles, or the Feast of In gathering it is one of the three major holidays known collectively as the Shloshet ha-Regalim or the three pilgrim festivals, when historically the Jewish populace traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem.On each of the seven days the Torah requires the Jew to take Four Species of plants and to grasp and shake them in a specific manner. These species are: the lulav(date palm frond,hadass(bough of a myrtle tree), aravah (willow branch)and the etrog(a citron, a lemon-like citrus fruit).All Photos By Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.