Feast of Tabernacles
noun[singular]
uk/ˌfiːst əv ˈtæb.əˌnæk.əlz/us/ˌfiːst əv ˈtæb.ɚˌnæk.əlz/(alsoFeast of the Tabernacles);(alsoTabernacles[U])aJewishcelebrationheldfor aweekeveryautumn, tocelebratetheharvest(= thepickingofcrops)and, bybuildingsmallshelters, torememberthetimewhen theJewswerewalkingthrough thedesertduringtheirescapefrom Egypt:
TheJewishFeast of Tabernacles iscelebratedinSeptemberorOctoberas afestivalofthanksgiving.
My great-grandfather wasbornin Amsterdam on the Feast of the Tabernacles,October16 1897.
Synonym
Sukkot
- The Feast of Tabernaclesremindsthechildrenof Israel how theywanderedin thedesertandlivedintents(tabernacles),protectedandguidedbyGod.
- It was the firstdayof Succot, theJewishFeast of the Tabernacles, whichcommemoratestheExodusjourney.
- They hadgatheredtocelebratetheirannualFeast of the Tabernacles.
- Today is thebeginningof Sukkoth, or Tabernacles, the lateharvestfestival.
Judaism
- bar mitzvah
- bat mitzvah
- cantor
- Chanukah
- Hanukkah
- Jew
- Jewish
- Jewishness
- Jewry
- mohel
- Orthodox Judaism
- paschal
- Passover
- Pentecost
- synagogue
- Talmudic
- the ark
- the Talmud
- the Torah
- unkosher
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