What do Jews do during the festival of sukkot?

Answer 1

• We dwell in Sukkot (foliage-covered booths), and have festive meals there.
• We say special prayers, including prayers for rain.
• We wave the four species, to symbolize the upcoming rainy season (palm branch, citron, willow, myrtle).
• On the last day, we complete the yearly cycle of reading the whole Torah, and we dance with the Torah-scrolls.

Sukkot is commanded in the Torah (Leviticus ch.23). It commemorates the protection which God gave us in the wilderness, and it gives thanks for the annual ingathering of grain. It also marks the beginning of mentioning the rainy season in our prayers.

Answer 2

The Festival of Sukkot begins on Tishri 15, the fifth day after Yom Kippur. It is quite a drastic transition, from one of the most solemn holidays in our year to one of the most joyous. Sukkot is so unreservedly joyful that it is commonly referred to in Jewish prayer and literature as Z'man Simchateinu , the Season of our Rejoicing. Sukkot is the last of the Shalosh R'galim (three pilgrimage festivals). Like Passover and Shavu'ot, Sukkot has a dual significance: historical and agricultural. Historically, Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert, living in temporary shelters. Agriculturally, Sukkot is a harvest festival and is sometimes referred to as Chag Ha-Asif , the Festival of Ingathering. The word "Sukkot" means "booths," and refers to the temporary dwellings that we are commanded to live in during this holiday in memory of the period of wandering. The Hebrew pronunciation of Sukkot is "Sue COAT," but is often pronounced as in Yiddish, to rhyme with "BOOK us." The name of the holiday is frequently translated "Feast of Tabernacles," which, like many translations of Jewish terms, isn't very useful. This translation is particularly misleading, because the word "tabernacle" in the Bible refers to the portable Sanctuary in the desert, a precursor to the Temple, called in Hebrew "mishkan." The Hebrew word "sukkah" (plural: "sukkot") refers to the temporary booths that people lived in, not to the Tabernacle. Sukkot lasts for seven days. The two days following the festival, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, are separate holidays but are related to Sukkot and are commonly thought of as part of Sukkot. The festival of Sukkot is instituted in Leviticus 23:33 et seq. No work is permitted on the first and second days of the holiday. (See Extra Day of Holidays for an explanation of why The Bible says one day but we observe two). Work is permitted on the remaining days. These intermediate days on which work is permitted are referred to as Chol Ha-Mo'ed, as are the intermediate days of Passover.

Answer 3

We dwell in Sukkot (foliage-covered booths), and have festive meals there.

We say special prayers, including prayers for rain.

We wave the four species, to symbolize the upcoming rainy season (palm branch, citron, willow, myrtle).

On the last day, we complete the yearly cycle of reading the whole Torah, and we dance with the Torah-scrolls.

Sukkot is commanded in the Torah (Leviticus ch.23). It commemorates the protection which God gave us in the wilderness, and it gives thanks for the annual ingathering of grain. It also marks the beginning of mentioning the rainy season in our prayers.

Answer 4

On Sukkot, Jews eat all their meals in outdoor arbor-canopied booths (Sukkah) in order to commemorate the Israelites' wanderings in the desert. Some will also sleep in the Sukkah. During the morning prayers on these days, we take the 4 minim consisting of a Lulav (young palm branch), an Etrog (Citrus Medica; citron), three Haddassim (Myrtle branches) and two Aravot (willow branches).

Answer 5

eating and singing together and building sukkahs.

Answer:
We dwell in Sukkot (foliage-covered booths), and have festive meals there.
We say special prayers, including prayers for rain.
We wave the four species, to symbolize the upcoming rainy season (palm branch, citron, willow, myrtle).
On the last day, we complete the yearly cycle of reading the whole Torah, and we dance with the Torah-scrolls.
Sukkot is commanded in the Torah (Leviticus ch.23). It commemorates the protection which God gave us in the wilderness, and it gives thanks for the annual ingathering of grain. It also marks the beginning of mentioning the rainy season in our prayers.

Answer 6

by eating and singing together and building sukkahs.

Answer:
We dwell in Sukkot (foliage-covered booths), and have festive meals there.
We say special prayers, including prayers for rain.
We wave the four species, to symbolize the upcoming rainy season (palm branch, citron, willow, myrtle).
On the last day, we complete the yearly cycle of reading the whole Torah, and we dance with the Torah-scrolls.
Sukkot is commanded in the Torah (Leviticus ch.23). It commemorates the protection which God gave us in the wilderness, and it gives thanks for the annual ingathering of grain. It also marks the beginning of mentioning the rainy season in our prayers.

Answer 7

Eating and singing together and building sukkahs.

Answer:
We dwell in Sukkot (foliage-covered booths), and have festive meals there.
We say special prayers, including prayers for rain.
We wave the four species, to symbolize the upcoming rainy season (palm branch, citron, willow, myrtle).
On the last day, we complete the yearly cycle of reading the whole Torah, and we dance with the Torah-scrolls.
Sukkot is commanded in the Torah (Leviticus ch.23). It commemorates the protection which God gave us in the wilderness, and it gives thanks for the annual ingathering of grain. It also marks the beginning of mentioning the rainy season in our prayers.

Answer 8

We dwell in Sukkot (foliage-covered booths), and have festive meals there.
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Answer 9

The Sukkot Festival is Jewish holiday, and a festival.It's when they eat and have a big party in a giant tent.