Related%20passage for Sukkah 4:5

מִצְוַת עֲרָבָה כֵּיצַד, מָקוֹם הָיָה לְמַטָּה מִירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְנִקְרָא מוֹצָא. יוֹרְדִין לְשָׁם וּמְלַקְּטִין מִשָּׁם מֻרְבִּיּוֹת שֶׁל עֲרָבָה, וּבָאִין וְזוֹקְפִין אוֹתָן בְּצִדֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, וְרָאשֵׁיהֶן כְּפוּפִין עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. תָּקְעוּ וְהֵרִיעוּ וְתָקָעוּ. בְּכָל יוֹם מַקִּיפִין אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ פַּעַם אַחַת, וְאוֹמְרִים, אָנָּא ה' הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא, אָנָּא ה' הַצְלִיחָה נָּא. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אֲנִי וָהוֹ הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא. וְאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם מַקִּיפִין אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים. בִּשְׁעַת פְּטִירָתָן, מָה הֵן אוֹמְרִים, יֹפִי לְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ, יֹפִי לְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, לְיָהּ וּלְךָ, מִזְבֵּחַ. לְיָהּ וּלְךָ, מִזְבֵּחַ:

The mitzvah of aravah — how so? There was a place below Jerusalem called Motza. [The gemara states that it was called Kalanya (a colony), by which name it is still called. Aravoth are plentiful there. It is but a small distance from Jerusalem. "Kalanya" means "free from taxation," for which reason it was also called "Motza," "released" from royal taxation because of the aravoth that were taken from there.] They would go down there and pick young aravoth and come and stand them on the sides of the altar with their heads bent. They would sound (on the shofar) tekiah, teruah, tekiah. Every day (of the festival) they would circle the altar once, saying: "I pray, You, O L rd, ("Ana Hashem"), save, I pray"; "I pray You, O L rd, prosper, I pray." R. Yehudah says: "Ani, Veho, save, I pray." [("Ani Veho":) the gematria (numerical equivalent) of "Ana Hashem." Also, they are two of the names (of the L rd) in the seventy-two name formulation (Exodus 14:19-21). Another interpretation: I (ani) and He (ho) are in affliction," as in (Psalms 91:15): "I am with him in affliction," "save, I pray."] And on that day (the seventh) they would circle the altar seven times. When they take leave (of the altar), what do they say? "This beauty is for you, O altar; this beauty is for you, O altar!" R. Eliezer says: "To Him and to you, O altar; to Him and to you, O altar!"

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