SUKKOT is the Hebrew name for the Jewish autumnal festival, also called the Festival of Booths, or Tabernacles. Sukkot begins on the fifteenth day of the month of Tishri and lasts for seven days, followed by an eighth day called ʿAtseret...

One of Judaism’s three pilgrimage festivals (alongside PASSOVER and SHABU‘OT), celebrated on the first full moon after the autumnal equinox. Called in English “Tabernacles,” Sukkot is celebrated as “The Season of Our...

(Hebrew. ‘Booths’) One of the *Pilgrim festivals. Sukkot begins on Tishri 15 and ends with *Shemini Atzeret and *Simhat Torah. During the eight days, the Jewish community is commanded to ‘dwell in booths’ to commemorate the...

(Hebrew: “Eighth day of convocation”) The eighth and final day of the festival of SUKKOT (Leviticus 23:34–36), understood within post-biblical Judaism to be a separate festival unto itself. In the synagogue, a special prayer that...

The eighth day of *Sukkot. In *Israel it is celebrated on the same day as *Simhat Torah, but in the *diaspora Simhat Torah is celebrated on the second day of Shemini Atzeret. It is observed as a day of solemn assembly and is kept on Tishri 22/23. A...

[1] Booth, tabernacle, used on the festival of Sukkot in accordance with Leviticus 23:33–43. [2] Mishnah tractate devoted to the festival of Tabernacles; objects used in celebrating the festival, the Sukkah, the lulab, and etrog (chaps....

Prayers recited during the *synagogue Hoshanah Rabbah service. They consist of short lines, each of which begins and ends with the word ‘Hoshana’. (See *HOSHANA...

(Hebrew. ‘Booth’) A ritual booth used in the *festival of *Sukkot. It is open to the sky and hung with fruit. (See...

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Sukkot (Hebrew: ס×××ת or סֻ×Ö¼×ֹת, sukkÅt ; "booths", also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles), is a Biblical pilgrimage festival that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishri (late...