Sukkot
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| 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.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sukkot |
- 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
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