Sukkot
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Sukkot is a Jewish holiday celebrated with four plant species—palm fronds, myrtle, willow branches, and citron—that hold symbolic importance to the observance. The holiday commemorates a significant period in Jewish history and tradition, with these botanical elements playing a central role in its religious rituals.
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Key facts
- Holiday.image
- Image:Sukkoth - IZE10160.jpg
- Holiday.caption
- A sukkah (plural: sukkot) in a kibbutz in Gush Etzion
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Sukkot
- Holiday.official_name
- or ("Booths, Tabernacles")
- Holiday.observedby
- Jews Samaritans Semitic Neopagans
- Holiday.type
- Jewish, Samaritan
- Holiday.begins
- 15th day of Tishrei
- Holiday.ends
- 21st day of Tishrei
- Holiday.observances
- Dwelling and eating festive meals in a sukkah; holding and carrying the four species; doing hakafot and praising God with hallel prayers in synagogues
- Holiday.significance
- One of the three pilgrimage festivals shalosh regalim
- Holiday.relatedto
- Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah
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31 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Laws and customs
- Sukkah
- The Four Species
- Temple Offerings
- Prayers
- ''Hoshanot''
- ''Ushpizin'' and ''ushpizata''
- ''Chol HaMoed'' intermediate days
- ''Hakhel'' assembly
- ''Simchat Beit HaShoevah'' water-drawing celebration
- ''Hoshana Rabbah'' (Great Supplication)
- Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
- Symbolism of the holiday
- Protection
- Unity
- Sukkot in the generations of Israel
- Jeroboam's feast
- Nehemiah
- Hanukkah
- In Christianity
- Academic views
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
- Jewish
- General
- By branch of Judaism
- Christian
thumb|Sukkot's Four species|4 Holy Species from left to right: [[Hadass (myrtle), Lulav (palm frond), Aravah (willow branch), Etrog (citron) carrier, Etrog (citron) outside its carrier]]
Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, is a Torah-commanded Jewish holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals on which Israelites were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. Biblically an autumn harvest festival and a commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt, Sukkot's modern observance is characterized by festive meals in a sukkah, a temporary wood-covered hut, and the taking of the four species.