from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly -- PBS program website
Sukkot (Judaism)
The Festival of Sukkot, also known as Feast of the Tabernacles, begins on Tishri, the 5th day after Yom Kippur (October 8 this year). The word Sukkot refers to temporary dwelling places or huts, and the holiday commemorates the forty-year period in which the children of Israel wandered the wilderness, living in temporary huts for protection. In some practices, temporary huts are constructed which must have ceilings made of organic material, and all eating, praying, and sleeping must take place here for the duration of the holiday. As a Jewish biblical pilgrimage festival, Sukkot is one of three holidays during which Jews historically traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem.
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