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Hadass (Hebrew: הדס, pl. ''hadassim'' - הדסים) is a branch of the myrtle tree that forms part of the lulav used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Hadass is one of the Four species (''arba'ah minim''–ארבעת המינים). The others are the ''lulav'' (palm frond), ''aravah'' (willow), and ''etrog'' (citron). Three ''hadassim'' are incorporated into the Four Species and are bound together with the ''lulav'' and ''aravah''. Together with the ''etrog'', the lulav is waved in all four directions, plus up and down, to attest to God's mastery over all of creation, and to symbolically voice a prayer for adequate rainfall over all the Earth's vegetation in the coming year. The ''hadass'' grows in tiers of three leaves. According to the Halakha, the most perfect ''hadass'' is one whose leaves grow evenly in each set of three.〔http://ohr.edu/1861〕 ==References== *Kitov, Eliyahu (1978). ''The Book of Our Heritage''. Jerusalem: Feldheim Publishers. ISBN 0-87306-152-7. he:הדס#ההדס בארבעת המינים 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「hadass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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