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HaSukkot
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What is Hagh HaSukkot about? Hagh HaSukkot is a festival where we dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. Like Passover and Hagh HaShavu`ot, Hagh HaSukkot has a dual significance: historical and agricultural. The holiday commemorates the forty-year period the children of Israel wandered in the desert, living in temporary shelters. Hagh HaSukkot is also a harvest festival, and is a time when the crops are gathered for the harvest season. Shemini ‘Aseret begins in the evening at the end of the last day of Hagh HaSukkot. |
What do you do for Hagh HaSukkot? For Hagh HaSukkot, we are commanded to dwell in temporary shelters (a sukkah) for seven days. The word "Sukkot" means "arbor-booths," and refers to the temporary dwellings that we are commanded to live in during this holiday. In honor of the holiday's historical significance, the commandment to "dwell" in a sukkah means we live in the sukkah as much as possible, including sleeping and eating in it. |
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