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===''Ushpizin'' and ''ushpizata''===
[[File:A_tabernacle_in_a_Jer._(i.e.,_Jerusalem)_Quarter_of_European_Jews._Rehavia,_Mr._Bassam's_flat,_closer_view_LOC_matpc.19885.jpg|250px|thumb|Family members sitting together in their Sukkah, [[Jerusalem]], 1939]]

A custom originating with [[Lurianic Kabbalah]] is to recite the ''ushpizin'' prayer to "invite" one of seven "exalted guests" into the sukkah.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Judaica |title=ushpizin |volume=19 |page=303}}</ref> These ''ushpizin'' ({{langx|tmr|אושפיזין}} "guests", a loanword from [[Middle Persian]] ''špinza'' "lodging"), represent the "seven shepherds of Israel": [[Abraham]], [[Isaac]], [[Jacob]], [[Moses]], [[Aaron]], [[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]] and [[David]], each of whom correlates with one of the seven lower [[sefirot]] (this is why Joseph, associated with [[Yesod]], follows [[Moses]] and [[Aaron]], associated with [[Netzach]] and [[Hod (Kabbalah)|Hod]] respectively, even though he precedes them in the narrative). According to tradition, a different guest enters the sukkah each night, followed by the other six. Each ''ushpiz'' has a lesson to teach that parallels the spiritual focus of the day on which they visit based on the sefira associated with that character.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tauber |first=Yanki |title=The Ushpizin |url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/571505/jewish/The-Ushpizin.htm |website=Chabad}}</ref>

Some streams of [[Reconstructionist Judaism]] also recognize a set of seven female shepherds of Israel, called variously {{transliteration|he|Ushpizot}} (using the [[Modern Hebrew]] feminine plural), or {{transliteration|tmr|Ushpizātā}} (using the Aramaic feminine plural). Several lists of seven have been proposed. The Ushpizata are sometimes coidentified with the seven [[Prophets in Judaism#The seven prophetesses|prophetesses of Judaism]]: [[Sarah]], [[Miriam]], [[Deborah]], [[Hannah (biblical figure)|Hannah]], [[Abigail]], [[Huldah|Hulda]], and [[Esther]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Arie |last=Hasit |date=4 October 2019 |access-date=29 September 2019 |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/on-ushpizin-and-ushpizot-guests-1.5175599 |title=On Ushpizin and Ushpizot: The Guests at My Sukkah}}</ref> Some lists seek to relate each female leader to one of the sefirot to parallel their male counterparts. One such list in the order they would be invoked each evening is [[Ruth (biblical figure)|Ruth]], [[Sarah]], [[Rebecca]], [[Miriam]], [[Deborah]], [[Tamar (Genesis)|Tamar]], and [[Rachel]].<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Seidenberg |date=2006 |access-date=31 May 2020 |work=NeoHasid.org |url=http://www.neohasid.org/sukkot/ushpizintext/ |title=Egalitarian Ushpizin: The Ushpizata}}</ref>