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Sukkot,

  • a variation of Sukkoth.
    Sukkoth
    noun
    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.
sukkot
  • plural
    of sukkah.
    sukkah
    noun
    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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Wednesday’s flight was bringing families home in the middle of the weeklong Sukkot holiday in Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Others gave an appreciative nod and lauded the Israeli military’s “work ethic” during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

From Demeter mourning Persephone to the harvest holidays of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot, we’ve always marked time through the land.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025

Some 72.2% of those who came last month arrived for the Jewish festival of Sukkot in the first week of October, which ended on Oct.

From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2023

Anya bounded inside, into her warm home with her loving grandparents and mama, to write a letter to her brave papa, and then—fine, yes—to put together a new sukkah before Sukkot began at sundown.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

When he got back, they’d be able to build amazing sukkot together.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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