Sukkot
Learning about Sukkot
Sukkot is known as the “Festival of Tabernacles” and the “Feast of Booths.” It is one of Judaism’s three central pilgrimage festivals, along with Passover and Shavuot.
It is traditional to build a sukkah, a temporary hut to dwell in during the holiday; to buy a lulav and etrog and shake them daily throughout the festival (this is referred to as taking the Four Species – four plants mentioned in the Torah as being relevant to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The three types of branches and one type of fruit are tied together and waved in a special ceremony each day of the Sukkot holiday, excluding Shabbat.
In the times of the Temple, Sukkot was also the time of a water-drawing ceremony, a wonderfully joyous and upbeat celebration.
