Här något om högtidens innehåll ur IDF:s synvinkel:
The Jewish holiday of Sukkot is possibly best known for the
custom surrounding the four species: the etrog (citron), lulav (palm
frond), hadas (myrtle) and aravah (willow). Each of these plants holds
special symbolic properties for the holiday and for the Jewish People.
We introduce you to them with an IDF perspective that brings those
symbolic properties to life.
"Sukkot is about equality,
one of the core values of the IDF: the belief that everyone should have
an equal chance regardless of his or her background. “We bring this
feeling of equality to life with the waving of the four species,” the
Chief Rabbi wrote. Each one of the species represents a different type
of person, and a different type of IDF soldier. “The lulav (date palm
frond), aravah (willow tree leaves), hadas (myrtle tree leaves) and
etrog (citron) are all different from one another: the etrog has flavor
and scent, the aravah has no flavor and no scent, the lulav has only
flavor and the hadas only scent. So too the People of Israel and the
soldiers of the IDF – there are people with different qualities and
different talents, without which we would not be able to coexist. Yet we
bless the four species separately only after we have united them all
together. Everyone is needed for our national endeavor.”
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