Sukkot

Also known as Feast of Tabernacles, Jewish Feast of Tabernacles

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]]

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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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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
Holiday.date: 15 Tishrei - 21 Tishrei
Holiday.scheduling: same days each year

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native label: סוכות

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Contents

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.