This day must be one that you will remember. You must keep it as a festival to God for all generations. It is a law for all time that you must celebrate it.

There are numerous words for “joy” in Hebrew. The particular word used here is the same as that used in the commandment of Sukkot — שמחה (simchah, joy). This type of joy is in a category ...

Sukkot is a festival celebrated by Jewish people ... The story is talked about in the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible called the Torah, and follows on from the events of Passover.

OK, it was me. I bought them. But I wasn’t the only one. The brightly colored “Sukkot boxes” offered up on Amazon boasted the colors of spring, not fall; had no ostensible use for the Jewish ...

Indeed, the DP camps themselves were themselves temporary sanctuaries — that is to say, sukkot, the Hebrew term for booths — in which the survivors were able to return to life on their own terms.

High Holy Days: A term often used to describe the holidays falling during the Hebrew month of Tishrei (often overlapping with September and October), the High Holy Days/Holidays include Rosh Hashanah, ...

Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the huts the Israelites lived in during their exodus from Egypt, which Jews today build to and dwell in to commemorate this time. Sukkot is ...

Jews dip apples into honey during Rosh Hashanah for a sweet and fruitful New Year.Some eat fried foods, like latkes and jelly ...

CHECKING AN etrog for blemishes in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood, ahead of Sukkot. (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS) The Hebrew month of Shvat is when nature in the Land of Israel ...