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sukkah

or suc路cah

[ Sephardic Hebrew soo-kah; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English sook-uh ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew su藞k蓱; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English 藞s蕣k 蓹 /
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noun, plural suk路koth, suk路kot, suk路kos [Sephardic Hebrew soo-kawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew soo-kohs], /Sephardic Hebrew su藞k蓴t; Ashkenazic Hebrew s蕣藞ko蕣s/, English suk路kahs.Hebrew.
a booth or hut roofed with branches, built against or near a house or synagogue and used during the Jewish festival of Sukkoth as a temporary dining or living area.
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Origin of sukkah

sukk膩h literally, booth
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British Dictionary definitions for sukkah

sukkah

succah

/ (su藞k蓱, 藞suk蓴, 藞suk蓹) /

noun
a temporary structure with a roof of branches in which orthodox Jews eat and, if possible, sleep during the festival of SukkothAlso called: tabernacle

Word Origin for sukkah

from Hebrew, literally: tabernacle
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