Succoth
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- noun
- /səˈkoʊθ/
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Sucot
- Throughout Succoth, many people decorate their homes and synagogues with branches and fruits.
Examples
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Tomorrow is STILL Succoth, you know... albeit the 8th Day thereof.
Blog text (33) -
PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): On Succoth, an autumn holiday, women socialize outside a synagogue, while the men pray within.
Academic text (1996) -
The piazza was like Succoth, I tell you, all huts and booths.
Fiction book (1998) -
During Succoth, families build temporary shelters to commemorate the Israelites' time in the wilderness.
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Every year, Jewish communities celebrate Succoth by gathering for festive meals and prayers.
Synonyms
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A major Jewish festival in autumn when people live briefly in small shelters to remember the Israelites' desert journey
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A Jewish festival lasting seven days when people live in temporary shelters called sukkahs
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A week-long Jewish festival called Sukkot in autumn when people live briefly in small shelters to remember the desert journey
A Jewish festival when people eat and pray in temporary shelters
A weeklong Jewish festival in autumn when people live in small huts to remember time in the desert
Surface Forms
Etymology
Succoth comes from the Hebrew sukkah, which means 'booth' or 'shelter', and the word sukkot means 'booths'. The festival called Succoth is named for these temporary shelters, so people build and eat in booths to remember the Israelites' time in the desert.