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==Who's obligated?== | ==Who's obligated?== | ||
# Some say that [[Women]] are exempt from beating the [[Aravot]]. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 443). See also Sh"t Rav Pealim 1:Kuntres Sod Yesharim:12 </ref> Some say that women should also beat the aravot.<ref>Nitai Gavriel Sukkot 77:15</ref> | # Some say that [[Women]] are exempt from beating the [[Aravot]]. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 443), [http://www.doresh-tzion.co.il/QAShowAnswer.aspx?qaid=102226 Chacham Benzion Mussafi]. See also Sh"t Rav Pealim 1:Kuntres Sod Yesharim:12 </ref> Some say that women should also beat the aravot.<ref>Nitai Gavriel Sukkot 77:15</ref> | ||
==Reasons for the Custom== | ==Reasons for the Custom== | ||
# Some view the beating of the Aravot as a ritual of atonement, and interpret Hoshana Rabba as a day of final judgment and forgiveness. Beating the branches symbolizes, and mystically brings about a sweetening of the Divine attribute of justice.<ref>Zohar Parshat Tzav (end of 31b)</ref> Since the aravot symbolize the mouth by beating the aravot we are praying that the mouth of the prosecuting angels are closed.<ref>Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 441 based on the Zohar</ref> | # Some view the beating of the Aravot as a ritual of atonement, and interpret Hoshana Rabba as a day of final judgment and forgiveness. Beating the branches symbolizes, and mystically brings about a sweetening of the Divine attribute of justice.<ref>Zohar Parshat Tzav (end of 31b)</ref> Since the aravot symbolize the mouth by beating the aravot we are praying that the mouth of the prosecuting angels are closed.<ref>Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 441 based on the Zohar</ref> | ||
# A recent view believes that the beating of the Aravot is a re-enactment of a prophecy delivered and acted out by the prophet Chagai on the 21st of Tishrei (i.e. on Hoshana Rabba) in which Chagai assured Jews that God would ultimately overturn the nations of the world and redeem Israel and the Temple.<ref>See Chagai 2:1-9 and see article by Steven Weiner entitled "What Did the Willows Ever Do to Deserve Such a Beating? An Original Explanation for a Perplexing Custom" found here: http://seforim.blogspot.com/2015/09/what-did-willows-ever-do-to-deserve.html</ref> | # A recent view believes that the beating of the Aravot is a re-enactment of a prophecy delivered and acted out by the prophet Chagai on the 21st of Tishrei (i.e. on Hoshana Rabba) in which Chagai assured Jews that God would ultimately overturn the nations of the world and redeem Israel and the Temple.<ref>See Chagai 2:1-9 and see article by Steven Weiner entitled "What Did the Willows Ever Do to Deserve Such a Beating? An Original Explanation for a Perplexing Custom" found here: http://seforim.blogspot.com/2015/09/what-did-willows-ever-do-to-deserve.html</ref> | ||
==Links== | |||
* [https://www.ou.org/torah/mitzvot/meaning-in-mitzvot/beating_the_aravot/ Beating the Aravot] by Rabbi Asher Meir | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
