Sukkot

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Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish holiday
biblical festival
harvest festival
pilgrimage festival
alsoKnownAs Chag HaSukkot
linked to: Sukkot

Feast of Booths
linked to: Sukkot

Feast of Tabernacles
linked to: Sukkot

Zeman Simchateinu
associatedEmotion joy
associatedWith agricultural harvest in the Land of Israel
biblicalSource Deuteronomy 16:13–15
Leviticus 23:33–43
Numbers 29:12–38
calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
category Shalosh Regalim
centralMitzvah dwelling in a sukkah
taking the Four Species
commemorates Exodus from Egypt
linked to: Book of Exodus

Israelites dwelling in temporary shelters in the wilderness
duration 7 days in the Land of Israel
8 days in the Jewish diaspora
endDateHebrewCalendar 21 Tishrei in Israel
22 Tishrei in the diaspora for the festival of Sukkot proper
follows Yom Kippur
frequency annual
halakhicStatus Yom Tov on first day in Israel
Yom Tov on first two days in diaspora
immediatelyFollowedBy Shemini Atzeret
includes Chol HaMoed
Hoshana Rabbah
liturgicalFeature Hallel
Hoshanot processions
linked to: Sukkot

Musaf sacrifices described in Numbers 29
observedBy many secular Jews in cultural form
religious Jews
pilgrimageDestination Jerusalem Temple in ancient times
linked to: Jewish Temple
relatedTo Passover
Shavuot
religion Judaism
requires eating meals in the sukkah
reciting blessings over the Four Species
ritualObject aravot
etrog
hadasim
lulav
sukkah
season autumn
startDateHebrewCalendar 15 Tishrei
symbolizes divine protection in the wilderness
human dependence on God
translation Booths

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Jews hasMajorHoliday Sukkot
Judaism hasHoliday Sukkot
Sukkot alsoKnownAs Feast of Tabernacles
linked to: Sukkot
Sukkot alsoKnownAs Feast of Booths
linked to: Sukkot
Sukkot alsoKnownAs Chag HaSukkot
linked to: Sukkot
Sukkot liturgicalFeature Hoshanot processions
linked to: Sukkot
Yom Tov includes Sukkot
subject linked to: Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
Tishrei containsHoliday Sukkot
Tishrei day15Event Sukkot begins
linked to: Sukkot
Samaritanism observes Sukkot
Musaf recitedOn Sukkot
Machzor usedOn Sukkot
Leviticus 23:33–43 primaryTopic Feast of Tabernacles
linked to: Sukkot
Leviticus 23:33–43 primaryTopic Feast of Booths
linked to: Sukkot
Leviticus 23:33–43 festivalName Feast of Booths
linked to: Sukkot
Leviticus 23:33–43 festivalName Feast of Tabernacles
linked to: Sukkot
Shalosh Regalim consistsOf Sukkot
Hallel usedOn Sukkot
Three Regalim hasPart Sukkot
Hoshana Rabbah partOf Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret follows Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret follows Feast of Tabernacles
linked to: Sukkot
Georgian Jews holiday Sukkot
Chol HaMoed partOf Sukkot
Yamim Noraim precedes Sukkot
Simchat Torah follows Sukkot
Ecclesiastes traditionalFestival Sukkot
subject linked to: Five Megillot
Jewish Canadians holiday Sukkot
Leviticus 23 listsFestival Feast of Tabernacles
linked to: Sukkot
Leviticus 23 listsFestival Feast of Booths
linked to: Sukkot
Leviticus 23 listsFestival Sukkot
Messianic Jews observe Sukkot
Musaf for Sukkot recitedOn Sukkot
Samaritans majorFestival Sukkot
Three Festivals refersTo Sukkot
Three Festivals includesFestivalType Sukkot pilgrimage
linked to: Sukkot
Exodus 23 mentionsFestival Feast of Ingathering
linked to: Sukkot
Yom Tov includes Sukkot
Hoshanot usedDuring Sukkot