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Sukkot (Continued) -סוכות

We recite brachot over the candles, wine and bread, as well as the blessing over the sukkah each time we enter it.

Blessed are You, Eternal One Our G-d, Universal Presence, Who sancifies us with mitzvot (paths of holiness) and gives us this mitzvah of kindling the festival lights.

  

BA-RUCH A-TA ADO-NAI E-LO-HAY-NU ME-LECH HA-O-LAM A-SHER KI-DE-SHA-NU BE-  MITZ-VO-TAV VE-TZI-VA-NU LE-HAD-LIK NER SHEL YOM TOV

  
בּרוּךּ אַתָּה יְי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךּ הָעוֹלָם אַשֶׁר קְדְּשָׁנוּ בּמִצְוֹתָו וְצִוִָּנוּ להַדְלּיק נֵר שֶׁל יוֹם טוֹב
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, ruler of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.
  

BA-RUCH A-TA ADO-NAI E-LO-HAY-NU ME-LECH HA-O-LAM BO-RAY PE-RI HA-GA-FEN

  

בּרוּךּ אַתָּה יְי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךּ הָעוֹלָם בוֹרֵא פּרִי הַגָפֶן. ‎     ‎

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Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, ruler of the universe, Who brings bread out of the ground.

  
BA-RUCH A-TA ADO-NAI E-LO-HAY-NU ME-LECH HA-O-LAM HA-MO-TZI LE-CH-EM MIN HA-ARETZ.
  

בָּרוּךּ אַתָּה יְי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךּ הָעוֹלָם אַשֶׁר הַמּוֹצִיא לֱחֶם מִן הָאֳרוּך

 
Blessed are you, Lord our G-d, ruler of the universe, Who makes us holy through your mitzvot (paths of holiness), and gives us this mitzvah of sitting in the sukkah
  

BA-RUCH A-TA ADO-NAI E-LO-HAY-NU ME-LECH HA-O-LAM A-SHER KI-DE-SHA-NU BE-  MITZ-VO-TAV VE-TZI-VA-NU LEY-SHE-YU BA-SUKKAH.

  

בָּרוּך אַתָּה יְי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךּ הָעוֹלָם אַשֶׁר קְדְּשָׁנוּ בּמִצְוֹתָו וְצִוִָּנוּ לֵישֵׁב בַּסֻּכָּה

On each day of the festival (except for Shabbat), we take the Lulav and Etrog, recite a blessing over them, bring them together in our hands and wave them in all six directions: right, left, forward, backward, up and down. The Midrash (part of the Oral Torah) tells us that the Four Kinds represent the various types and personalities that comprise the community of Israel, whose natural unity we emphasize on Sukkot.

References:

Black, N.(Ed.) (1989) Celebration – The Book of Jewish Festivals, Jonathan David Publishers, Inc. New York.Falcon PhD, Rabbi T. and Blatner, D. (2001) Judaism for Dummies, Hungry Minds, New York.www.chabad.org/holidays