Ushpizin: Not Just a Movie

I would like to explore the relationship between the Ushpizin and Sukkos. Please feel free to discuss it at your table and give feedback

There is a widespread minhag amongst Klal Yisrael to invite the 7 Ushpizin to our sukka. The minhag is that on each day of Sukkos, we invite one of the Ushpizin and with him, we invite the other 6.

The Nusach of how we invite them and the order of the invitations change based on which sector of Klal Yisrael you come from.

The two main traditions of the order are:

• Avraham; Yitzchak, Yaakov, Moshe , Aharon, Yosef and Dovid. This tradition is what is accepted in many Chasidic courts.

• Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Yosef, Moshe, Aharon and Dovid. This tradition is found in those few Lithuanian communities that have taken upon themselves this minhag and as well as some Sephardic communities.

This minhag is not found in Shas or Poskim, notwithstanding the fact that it is not even mentioned in the Shulchan Aruch or other peirushim. For some reason this minhag became …