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Hoshana Raba ritual held at end of week-long Sukkot in Israel

STORY: Hoshana Raba ritual held at end of week-long Sukkot in Israel DATELINE: Oct. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jews celebrating the Hoshana Raba ritual during Sukkot Festival STORYLINE: Ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel took part in the Hoshana Raba ritual at the end of the week-long Sukkot on Friday. Hoshana Raba is the seventh day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. This day is marked by a special synagogue service in which worshippers make seven circuits holding their "lulav" (palm branch) and "etrog" (citrus). The Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, celebrated from sunset of Sept. 29 to sunset of Oct. 6 this year, is a biblical week-long holiday that recollects the 40 years of travel in the desert after Exodus, the liberation of the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-SUKKOT-HOSHANA RABA

(231006) -- REHOVOT (ISRAEL), Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-orthodox Jews take part in the Hoshana Raba ritual at the end of the week-long Sukkot at a synagogue in Rehovot, Israel, on Oct. 6, 2023. The Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, falling from sunset of Sept. 29 to sunset of Oct. 6 this year, is a biblical week-long holiday that recollects the 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-SUKKOT-HOSHANA RABA

(231006) -- REHOVOT (ISRAEL), Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-orthodox Jews take part in the Hoshana Raba ritual at the end of the week-long Sukkot at a synagogue in Rehovot, Israel, on Oct. 6, 2023. The Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, falling from sunset of Sept. 29 to sunset of Oct. 6 this year, is a biblical week-long holiday that recollects the 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-SUKKOT-HOSHANA RABA

(231006) -- REHOVOT (ISRAEL), Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-orthodox Jews take part in the Hoshana Raba ritual at the end of the week-long Sukkot at a synagogue in Rehovot, Israel, on Oct. 6, 2023. The Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, falling from sunset of Sept. 29 to sunset of Oct. 6 this year, is a biblical week-long holiday that recollects the 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-SUKKOT-HOSHANA RABA

(231006) -- REHOVOT (ISRAEL), Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-orthodox Jews take part in the Hoshana Raba ritual at the end of the week-long Sukkot at a synagogue in Rehovot, Israel, on Oct. 6, 2023. The Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, falling from sunset of Sept. 29 to sunset of Oct. 6 this year, is a biblical week-long holiday that recollects the 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-SUKKOT-HOSHANA RABA

(231006) -- REHOVOT (ISRAEL), Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-orthodox Jews take part in the Hoshana Raba ritual at the end of the week-long Sukkot at a synagogue in Rehovot, Israel, on Oct. 6, 2023. The Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, falling from sunset of Sept. 29 to sunset of Oct. 6 this year, is a biblical week-long holiday that recollects the 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)