קה

When the day became light the attendant and those accustomed to stand before him began to wake and rise from their sleep. And then I went to the mikveh to prepare myself for prayer. And this was Tuesday — the fourth day of Sukkos. And upon my return from the mikveh I came to his room and found him sitting on his bed — sitting, not lying — wrapped in his tallis and praying. And afterward he took the esrog and the lulav and its species and held them in his hand — wrapped in his tallis, sitting on his bed — and the siddur of the Ari zichrono livracha was resting on his holy knees. And he completed the entire Hallel with the four species. And he said Hoshanos in a somewhat raised voice — so that his words were audible to all those standing in the room.