sukkot

• Sukkot

  Also known as the Jewish harvest festival, lasts for seven days, remembers the 40-year period when the Jews were traveling in the desert on their way to the promised land
• Sukkot celebration


  1. Jews build shelters or booths to remember the temporary shelters the Jews built when traveling through the desert

  2. Jews are required to dwell in the sukkah for seven days to remember how the Israelites lived
• Sukkot is a mitzvah (commandment) that has to be followed
• Sukkot reminds Jews how God cared for and protected the Jews during their time in the desert
• Sukkah


  • Temporary booth built by Jewish families
  • One side is open to be welcoming and create community
  • Roof is made of plant material that is sparse enough to allow light to get through but thick enough to provide more shade than sun
  • Represents the clouds of glory that protected and guided the Jews through the desert
• Objects used in Sukkot celebrations

  • Lulav (palm, myrtle and willow leaves in a wooden holder)
  • Etrog (citrus fruit)
• Lulav and Etrog


  • Represent the whole body working together to follow the mitzvot and worship God
  • Jews are required to shake the lulav and etrog in six directions to represent God's omnipresence
• There is a lulav parade in the synagogue to celebrate the whole community together