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  

/ suːˈkɔt, ˈsʊkəʊt, -kəʊθ /

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

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Example Sentences

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Sukkoth

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

In an address to the Israeli nation, Premier Golda Meir showed none of the customary joy that accompanies the Sukkoth festival.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

She wore it to Shul for the first time on Sukkoth.

From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Ulrich Frank

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