Sukkot
noun[U]
(alsoSukkoth,Succot,Succoth)uk/sʊˈkəʊt//ˈsʊk.əs/us/ˌsʊ.ˈkoʊt//ˈsʊk.əs/aJewishcelebrationheldfor aweekeveryautumn, tocelebratetheharvest(= thepickingofcrops)and, bybuildingsmallshelters, torememberthetimewhen theJewswerewandering(=walking)in thedesertduringtheirescapefrom Egypt:
A sukkah is atemporaryhutbuiltfor the week-longJewishfestivalof Sukkot.
They were there onholidayfor theJewishholidayof Succoth.
Nextweekis thebeginningof Sukkoth, orTabernacles, the lateharvestfestivalwhenJewsbuildsukkah,temporarysheltersin which theyeattheirmeals.
Succot hasbecomeatimeofthanksgivingfor both thephysicalandspiritualgiftsofGod.
Synonym
Feast of Tabernacles
- TheJewishholidayof Sukkot is beingcelebratedthisweek.
- SpecialSukkotfoodcustomshavedevelopedover thecenturies.
- Wearrivedin Detroit on Succoth, the lastdaysofSeptember, 1920.
Judaism
- bar mitzvah
- bat mitzvah
- cantor
- Chanukah
- Halakha
- Hanukkah
- Jew
- Jewish
- Jewishness
- messiah
- mohel
- Orthodox Judaism
- paschal
- Passover
- synagogue
- Talmudic
- the ark
- the Talmud
- the Torah
- unkosher
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Religious festivals