Sukkot

Sukkot
From left to right, lulav, etrog carrier, and etrog used on Sukkot
Official name	Hebrew: סוכות‎ or סֻכּוֹת "Booths, Tabernacles"
Observed by	Jews
Type	Judaism
Significance	One of the three pilgrim festivals
Begins	15th day of Tishrei
Ends	21st day of Tishrei (22nd outside of Israel)
Observances	Eating in sukkah, taking the Four Species.
Related to	Shemini Atzeret

Sukkot (also known as Feast of Tabernacles) is a Jewish festival. In this event, people celebrate the gathering of the crops, and remember the time in the past when small shelters were made by the Jews when they were in the wilderness and had no homes.

Dates

• 2017: October 4-11 (October 12, outside Israel)
• 2018: September 23-30 (October 1, outside Israel)
• 2019: October 13-20 (October 21, outside Israel)

Other websites

• Guide for Sukkot
• JewFaq discussion on Sukkot
• Sukkos and Simchas Torah - Torah.org
• an overview of the laws of Sukkot from Torah.org, based on the Mishneh Torah
• Sukkot in Jerusalem
• Free succah construction plans and instructions
• sukkahsoftheworld.org devoted to pictures of Sukkahs from Sharon, Mass USA and throughout the world
• Sukkot Concepts - Basic through Advanced - OU.org