Sukkoth

[ Sephardic Hebrew soo-kawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English sook-uhs, soo-kohs ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew suˈkɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈsʊk əs, suˈkoʊs /

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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.

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Also Suk·kot, Suk·kos, Succoth, Succot, Succos.

Also called Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles.

Compare Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzereth, Simhath Torah.

Origin of Sukkoth

From the Hebrew word sukkōth literally, booths

Words nearby Sukkoth

Sukarnoputri, suka wena, Sukhumi, sukiyaki, sukkah, Sukkoth, Sukkur, sukuk, Sukuma, Sulawesi, sulcate

British Dictionary definitions for Sukkoth

Sukkoth

Succoth

/ (ˈsʊkəʊt, -kəʊθ, Hebrew suːˈkɔt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Sukkoth

from Hebrew, literally: tabernacles

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