When
we finish the seven hakafot (the seven parades around the synagogue that we make on Hoshana Rabbah), we take five aravot (willows) and beat them against the
ground until the leaves fall off. We hope that our sins fall off of us
just like the leaves fall off the aravah.
When
we finish the seven hakafot (the seven parades around the synagogue that we make on Hoshana Rabbah), we take five aravot (willows) and beat them against the
ground until the leaves fall off. We hope that our sins fall off of us
just like the leaves fall off the aravah.