Sukkot

Local Jews celebrate the 'Feast of Tabernacles'

Sukkot is among many world holidays set aside to celebrate the harvest, mark a change of seasons and give thanks for the earth's bounty. Jews all over the world celebrate Sukkot, or the "feast of tabernacles," for it is explicitly ordained in the Book of Leviticus: "And you shall take ... the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook and you shall rejoice seven days. You shall dwell in booths." Dwelling in booths reconnects the descendants of the Hebrews with their wanderings in the desert, when they lived in tents and were provided with manna. To fulfill the commandment, observant families build a sukkah--Hebrew for booth; sukkot is the plural--using palm fronds laid over a latticed roof. For seven days, they eat all meals and entertain guests inside the sukkah.   More

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