The following are minhagim for Sukot for Sefardim from North Africa. They often are at odds with both Ashkenazi minhagim and those of R. Ovadia Yosef for Mizrahim.
All minhagim within the framework of halakah (Jewish law) are valid and should be respected. In general, a Jew visiting a congregation with a minhag different from the visitors should follow the local customs.
The minhagim are excerpted from the following books:
(דברי שלןם יאמת (דשו"א
ילקוט שמ"ש (י"ש) של ר' שלום משאש
הוג יןסך חי (הי"ח) של ר' יוסף משאש
Kiddish/L'Shev b'Sukah; On Yom Tov and Shabat, when the (evening) kiddish is recited standing, the blessing to sit in the sukah also is said standing. On the intermediate days when there is no kiddish, L'Shev b'Sukah is said sitting immediately after Motze Lehem and before tasting the bread. (י"ש)
Anyone who eats only couscous or rice - in lieu of bread - does not recite the L'Shev b'Sukah blessing. (הי"ח)
Natelat Lulav (waving/shaking) the lulav). The tradition in Maknes is that of the Ari Zal and is as follows:
south north, east, while facing east up, down, west (הי"ח)
Otherwise, the tradition is:
south, north, east, while facing east up, down, west
The person holding the etrog and lulav turns in each direction (unlike most Ashkenazim who stand in one direction and shake over their head and shoulders). (י"ש)
Hakafot with Torah on bemah: On all days of Sukot a sefer Torah is placed on the bemah and then we go once around the bemah (except on Hoshana Raba when we go around seven times.
Hakafot without lulav: There is an ancient minhag that even a person sans lulav may join in the hakafot (walking around the amud/bemah). The Rem'a rules otherwise for Ashkenazim. (י"ש)
Hosheanote on Shabat: The North African minhag is to say Hosheanote on Shabat, but because of Shabat, we do not do hakafot. (דשו"א)
While North African (from Morocco to Libya) customs may be different from others' customs, the "bottom line" is that all minhagim within the framework of halakah (Jewish law) are valid and should be respected.
Hag samach חג שמח
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