Sukkot

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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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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

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Tefillat Geshem follows Sukkot
this entity surface form: Sukkot festival
Shemini means eighth follows Sukkot
subject surface form: Shemini Atzeret
aliyah la-regel includesFestival Sukkot
subject surface form: Aliyah la-regel
חול המועד שייך ל Sukkot
this entity surface form: סוכות