Sukkot
This joyous week-long Jewish harvest festival is also known as the Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles.
This joyous week-long Jewish harvest festival is also known as the Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles.
Renee Harleston
Reviewer URLNames: Sukkot, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles
Pronunciation: soo-KOWT
This joyous week-long Jewish harvest festival is also known as the Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles.
Origin
Sukkot celebrates both harvest season and the protection God provided ancient Jews when they left Egypt. “Sukkot” refers to the huts or booths (known as sukkah) that Israelites lived in during their exodus.
When it is celebrated
Sukkot begins five days after Yom Kippur, and typically takes place in September or October.
Traditions
During the festival, observers typically build an open-walled sukkah made of branches, which may be used for eating, entertaining, and/or sleeping. It is also tradition to gather representations of the “Four Kinds” (arba minim) of vegetation: citron, palm frond, three myrtle twigs, and two willows.