Suk•koth

or Suk•kot or Suk•kos

(ˈsʊk əs, suˈkɔt, -ˈkoʊs)

n. a Jewish festival beginning on the 15th day of Tishri that celebrates the harvest and commemorates the temporary huts used by the Israelites in the wilderness. [< Hebrew sukkōth literally, booths]

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Noun

Feast of Tabernacles - a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wildernessFeast of Booths, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, TabernaclesJudaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmudchurch festival, religious festival - a festival having religious significanceJewish holy day - a religious holiday for JewsTishri - the first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October)

Feast of Tabernacles

Tabernacles, Feast of,

one of the oldest and most joyous of Jewish holidays, called in the Bible the Feast of Ingathering and today often called by its Hebrew name, Sukkoth [Heb.,=booth]. The holiday begins on the 15th day of Tishri, the seventh month in the Jewish calendar, and lasts for eight days (seven days in Israel). The Feast of Tabernacles, which marked the closing of the harvest season for the Jews of ancient Palestine, is today celebrated by the taking of all meals in a lightly constructed booth roofed with thatch (a sukkah) to recall the shelters of the Jews when they wandered in the wilderness. The palm branch (lulav or lulab) and citron (etrog or ethrog) used in conjunction with prayers of the Feast of Tabernacles possibly go back to the harvest festival associated with the holiday. The day after Sukkoth is Simhath Torah [Heb.,=rejoicing of the law], which celebrates the annual completion of the reading of the TorahTorah
[Heb.,=teachings or learning], Hebrew name for the five books of Moses—the Law of Moses or the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. The Torah is believed by Orthodox Jews to have been handed down to Moses on Mt. Sinai and transmitted by him to the Jews.
..... Click the link for more information. . Ex. 23.16; Lev. 23.33–44; Num. 29.12–40; Ezek. 45.25.

Bibliography

See H. Schauss, Guide to Jewish Holy Days (1938, repr. 1970); P. Goodman, The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology (1974).

Feast of Tabernacles

Related to Feast of Tabernacles: Feast of Trumpets

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Synonyms for Feast of Tabernacles

noun a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness

Synonyms

Feast of Booths
Succos
Succoth
Sukkoth
Tabernacles

Related Words

Judaism
church festival
religious festival
Jewish holy day
Tishri