Sukkot

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Jewish holiday biblical festival harvest festival pilgrimage festival

Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Feast of Tabernacles	4
Feast of Booths	3
Chag HaSukkot	1
Hoshanot processions	1
Sukkot begins	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish holiday ⓘ biblical festival ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ pilgrimage festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sukkot ⓘ surface form: Chag HaSukkot Sukkot ⓘ surface form: Feast of Booths Sukkot ⓘ surface form: Feast of Tabernacles Zeman Simchateinu ⓘ
associatedEmotion	joy ⓘ
associatedWith	agricultural harvest in the Land of Israel ⓘ
biblicalSource	Deuteronomy 16:13–15 ⓘ Leviticus 23:33–43 ⓘ Numbers 29:12–38 ⓘ
calendarSystem	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	Shalosh Regalim ⓘ
centralMitzvah	dwelling in a sukkah ⓘ taking the Four Species ⓘ
commemorates	Book of Exodus ⓘ surface form: Exodus from Egypt Israelites dwelling in temporary shelters in the wilderness ⓘ
duration	7 days in the Land of Israel ⓘ 8 days in the Jewish diaspora ⓘ
endDateHebrewCalendar	21 Tishrei in Israel ⓘ 22 Tishrei in the diaspora for the festival of Sukkot proper ⓘ
follows	Yom Kippur ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
halakhicStatus	Yom Tov on first day in Israel ⓘ Yom Tov on first two days in diaspora ⓘ
immediatelyFollowedBy	Shemini Atzeret ⓘ
includes	Chol HaMoed ⓘ Hoshana Rabbah ⓘ
liturgicalFeature	Hallel ⓘ Sukkot self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hoshanot processions Musaf sacrifices described in Numbers 29 ⓘ
observedBy	many secular Jews in cultural form ⓘ religious Jews ⓘ
pilgrimageDestination	Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Jerusalem Temple in ancient times
relatedTo	Passover ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
requires	eating meals in the sukkah ⓘ reciting blessings over the Four Species ⓘ
ritualObject	aravot ⓘ etrog ⓘ hadasim ⓘ lulav ⓘ sukkah ⓘ
season	autumn ⓘ
startDateHebrewCalendar	15 Tishrei ⓘ
symbolizes	divine protection in the wilderness ⓘ human dependence on God ⓘ
translation	Booths ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sukkot → alsoKnownAs → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Tabernacles

Sukkot → alsoKnownAs → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Booths

Sukkot → alsoKnownAs → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chag HaSukkot

Shalosh Regalim → consistsOf → Sukkot ⓘ

Tishrei → containsHoliday → Sukkot ⓘ

Tishrei → day15Event → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sukkot begins

Leviticus 23:33–43 → festivalName → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Booths

Leviticus 23:33–43 → festivalName → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Tabernacles

Shemini Atzeret → follows → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Tabernacles

Simchat Torah → follows → Sukkot ⓘ

Cheshvan → followsMajorHolidays → Sukkot ⓘ

Judaism → hasHoliday → Sukkot ⓘ

Jews → hasMajorHoliday → Sukkot ⓘ

Three Pilgrimage Festivals → hasMember → Sukkot ⓘ

Three Regalim → hasPart → Sukkot ⓘ

Georgian Jews → holiday → Sukkot ⓘ

Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) → includes → Sukkot ⓘ

subject surface form: Yom Tov

Sukkot → liturgicalFeature → Sukkot self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hoshanot processions

Leviticus 23:33–43 → mentionsFestival → Sukkot ⓘ

Samaritanism → observes → Sukkot ⓘ

Karaite Jews → observesHoliday → Sukkot ⓘ

Persian Jews → observesHolidayWithLocalCustoms → Sukkot ⓘ

Chol HaMoed → partOf → Sukkot ⓘ

Hoshana Rabbah → partOf → Sukkot ⓘ

Yamim Noraim → precedes → Sukkot ⓘ

Leviticus 23:33–43 → primaryTopic → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Tabernacles

Leviticus 23:33–43 → primaryTopic → Sukkot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Booths

Musaf → recitedOn → Sukkot ⓘ

Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah → recitedOn → Sukkot ⓘ

Simchat Torah → relatedHoliday → Sukkot ⓘ

Hallel → usedOn → Sukkot ⓘ

Machzor → usedOn → Sukkot ⓘ