Waving and Beating of Willows
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DOI: 10.1163/15700704-20240004
Abstract: The practice of beating willows on Hoshanah Rabbah is a very unusual one, with no explanations offered in the Talmud or Midrash. In the ancient world, the willow represented both fertility and infertility, life and… read more here.
Keywords: beating; beating willows; waving beating;