Sukkot
Description
Sukkot begins on the 15th of Tishrei.
It is one of the most joyful holidays in Judaism, lasting seven days. The name of the holiday is often translated as the “Festival of Booths,” though the word “sukkot” means “huts.” During their forty-year wandering in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt, the Jews lived in tents.
Sukkot is part of a group of holidays that in ancient times involved pilgrimages to the Jerusalem Temple.
Sukkot rituals include building huts or booths in which Jews are required to live for seven days, as well as festive processions with branches of date palms, willows, and myrtle trees.
