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Sukkot's 4 Holy Species from left to right: Hadass (), Lulav (palm frond), Aravah (willow branch), Etrog carrier, Etrog (citron) outside its carrier. Sukkot, [a] also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, is a Torah-commanded holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei.
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šāloš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles', 'tents ...
Canvas-sided sukkah on a roof, topped with palm branches and bamboo s'chach Sukkah with walls made of cardboard signs in Oakland, California. A sukkah or succah (/ ˈ s ʊ k ə /; Hebrew: סוכה; plural, סוכות sukkot or sukkos or sukkoth, often translated as "booth") is a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot.
Culmination of Sukkot (Tabernacles) Shemini Atzeret ( שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת —"Eighth [day] of Assembly") is a Jewish holiday . It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei , usually coinciding with late September or early October.
Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teru'ah) on the first day of the seventh month; the second is the Day of Atonement ; and two during the Feast of Tabernacles on the first and last day. Sometimes the word shabbaton is extended to mean all seven festivals. [4]
Nevertheless, a small number of Christian groups continued to observe the Feast of Tabernacles outside of the sphere of the Catholic Church. In 1588, the Szekler Sabbatarians of Transylvania united under the unitarian nobleman András Eőssi, observed Christian versions of all of the biblical Jewish Holy Days including the Feast of Tabernacles ...
Sukkot in the Synagogue (painting circa 1894–1895 by Leopold Pilichowski). To prepare the species for the mitzvah, the lulav is first bound together with the hadass and aravah (this bundle is also referred to as "the lulav") in the following manner: One lulav is placed in the center, two aravah branches are placed to the left, and three hadass boughs are placed to the right.
Simchat Beit Hashoevah or Simchas Beis Hashoeiva (Hebrew: שמחת בית השואבה, lit. "Rejoicing of the Water-Drawing House" ) is a special celebration held by Jews during the intermediate days of Sukkot .