Sukkot
The Festival of Tabernacles, a week of dwelling in temporary booths.
Sukkot begins on 15 Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar, five days after Yom Kippur, usually in late September or October. It lasts seven days and is followed by Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
When Is Sukkot?
Sukkot begins on 15 Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar, five days after Yom Kippur, usually in late September or October. It lasts seven days and is followed by Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
Because the Gregorian date changes from year to year, check a calendar published by the tradition or your local community for this year's date.
Why It Matters
Sukkot commemorates the 40 years the Israelites spent wandering in the desert after the Exodus, living in temporary shelters. It is also a harvest festival celebrating divine protection and abundance.
How It Is Observed
Building and eating/sleeping in a sukkah (temporary hut), waving the four species (lulav, etrog, myrtle, willow), synagogue services, hospitality.
Sacred Text
“Live in temporary shelters for seven days. All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt.”
, Leviticus 23:42-43 ↗