Five days after the Yom Kippur fast, the Jewish community celebrates the holiday of Sukkot, also called the Feast of Booths.
Sukkot, or the Feast of Booths, is a Jewish celebration that takes place five days after Yom Kippur and lasts for one week. It commemorates the period of the Israelites’ wandering in the desert after their exit from Egypt, as well as the harvest. During this festival, practitioners build their cabin, in which they take their meals. The explanations, rites and traditions of this religious festival.
What are the dates of Sukkot in 2024?
In the calendar Hebrew,The festival of Sukkot takes placebetween the 15th and 21st of the month of Tishrei. This year, the holiday of Sukkot begins on the evening of Wednesday, October 16, and ends on October 23, 2024.
What is the origin of the holiday of Sukkot?
The Feast of Sukkot is celebrated, on the one hand, to honor the last harvest of the year and, on the other, to commemorate the protection that God granted to the children of Israel, during the 40 years of wandering in the Sinai desert from their exit from Egypt to their arrival in the promised land. Sukkot therefore has both an agrarian and commemorative symbolism. During the four decades spent in the desertthe Jews lived in tents and cabins and could count solely on God to come to their aid, notably thanks to providential manna.
Why do we eat under the cabin?
The cabins are quite a symbol during the holiday of Sukkot. In order to perpetrate this tradition of nomadism and precariousness, Jews are invited to take their meals (and possibly spend the night for seven days) in cabins that they specially make, from the day after Yom Kippur, and before the start of the party. Its construction meets very specific criteria. The Sukkah, as it is called, is a hut made from branches and foliage and decorated with different religious symbols. Vegetables (squash, pumpkins, etc.) and seasonal fruits hang from the ceiling, and drawings can adorn the walls of this hut. Children will never run out of ideas for decorating their sukkah. If it is closed by a roof (summary, since it is made with leaves and branches), the Sukkah does not have a door. This particularity is above all a sign of openness: here, everyone can enter.
What does Sukkot mean in Hebrew?
Sukkot comes from Hebrew sukkah which means “hut” or “hut”.
Etrog, lulav, hadass and aravah… What is the “ritual of the 4 species”
The ritual of the “Four Kinds” is an integral part of the holiday of Sukkot. Every day, the faithful take willow, myrtle, date palm and citron and wave them towards the four cardinal points, up and down while pronouncing a blessing. This custom aims to bring together the Jewish people, regardless of their level of belief and practice of religion, to form a single unit.
What is the holiday of Sukkot called?
Like Yom Kippur, otherwise called “Great Atonement”, the festival of Sukkot also has many names, which obviously refer to the sukkah. It is the famous “Feast of Cabins” or even the “Feast of Tabernacles”. It is also nicknamed “Harvest Festival” because it occurs at the time of the autumn harvest.