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How to Build a Sukkah
Sukkot
(sukkah ; "booths", also known as Sukkos, Succoth, Feast
of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles), is a Biblical pilgrimage festival
that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late
September to late October). The holiday lasts seven days, including
Chol Hamoed. Sukkot is one of the three major holidays known collectively
as the Shalosh Regalim (three pilgrim festivals), when the Jews
traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem.
The
word Sukkot is the plural of the Hebrew word sukkah, meaning booth
or hut. The sukkah is reminiscent of the type of thatched huts in
which the ancient Israelites dwelt during their 40 years of wandering
in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt. Throughout the holiday,
meals are eaten in the sukkah, and some families sleep there. A
blessing is recited every day over the Arba minim, or Four Species,
consisting of the lulav, etrog, hadassim and aravot.
The
festival of Sukkot is immediately followed by an additional festive
day known as Shemini Atzeret, which is also known as Simchat Torah.
In Israel Shimini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are celebrated together
on the same day, while in the diaspora the second day of Shemini
Atzeret is called Simchat Torah. |