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“Ushpizin” is Aramaic for “guests,” a reference to the seven supernal guests, “founding fathers” of the Jewish people, who come to visit us in the sukkah (the branch-covered hut in which we eat our meals throughout the festival of Sukkot), one for each of the seven days of the festival:
We perform a short ceremony to welcome the ushpizin (Aramaic for “guests”). The full text for the invitation that they join us, including prayers that our fulfillment of the mitzvah of sukkah will be worthy of Divine favor, is printed in a full daily/festival siddur (prayer book).
Ushpizin (Hebrew: האושפיזין, romanized: HaUshpizin, lit. 'The Sukkot 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.
Ushpizin (pronounced oosh-pee-ZIN) is the Aramaic word for “guests” and refers to a short prayer recited on each night of Sukkot inviting one of seven Jewish forbearers to join us in the sukkah. Traditionally, the seven guests are the three patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — along with Moses, Aaron, Joseph and King David.
Nov 25, 2005 · Ushpizin: Directed by Gidi Dar. With Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani. An Orthodox Jewish couple's faith is tested after praying to the Lord for a child on the Succoth holiday.
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The Ushpizin. By Eliyahu Kitov. The Zohar writes: when the People of Israel leave their homes and enter the sukkah for the sake of G‑d 's Name, they merit to welcome the Divine presence there, and all the seven shepherds descend from Gan Eden and come to the sukkah as their guests.
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Who are the ushpizin (the saintly guests who visit the Sukkah), what is the connection to Sukkot, and what is the deeper meaning behind this mystical tradition?
ushpizin, (Aramaic: “visitors”), according to the Jewish Kabbalistic book the Sefer ha-zohar (“Book of Splendour”), seven ancient worthies who take turns visiting the homes of all pious Jews to share their dinner on the festival of Sukkoth.
The Ushpizin custom, in which an ancient Jewish luminary is invited into the sukkah as a guest, is performed each night of the holiday of Sukkot. The text of the service is as follows: When is Sukkot 2024?
Moshe (Shuli Rand) and Malli (Michal Bat-Sheva Rand), an Orthodox Jewish couple in Jerusalem, are childless and without means to celebrate the weeklong holiday of Succoth.
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