Sukkoth

American  

[soo-kawt, sook-uhs, soo-kohs] / suˈkɔt, ˈsʊk əs, suˈkoʊs /

Also Sukkot,

noun

1. a Jewish festival beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishri and celebrated for nine days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for eight days by Reform Jews and by Jews in Israel that celebrates the harvest and commemorates the period during which the Jews wandered in the wilderness after the Exodus, marked by the building of sukkoth.

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Sukkoth British  

/ -kəʊθ, suːˈkɔt, ˈsʊkəʊt /

noun

1. Also called: Feast of Tabernacles.  an eight-day Jewish harvest festival beginning on Tishri 15, which commemorates the period when the Israelites lived in the wilderness

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Etymology

Origin of Sukkoth

From the Hebrew word sukkōth literally, booths

Example Sentences

Israel's delegation was absent from the assembly hall, but a spokeswoman for the Israeli U.N. mission said it was due to the Jewish holiday of Sukkoth, the Feast of Tabernacles.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2010

Municipal officials say they knocked out the new exit to facilitate more traffic through the narrow passage, especially during the days-long Jewish holiday of Sukkoth this week.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Oh God," said a housewife in Jerusalem last week as she went about preparations for Sukkoth, "we thought that this war would last for only two days."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sukkoth, the planners decided, is the ideal festival for promoting Jewish-Christian reconciliation.

From Time Magazine Archive

The main festival in Biblical times was the Feast of Sukkoth, or Tabernacles, the great harvest festival of autumn, when the people flocked to the central sanctuary in solemn procession, carrying palms and other plants.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann