sukkah
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- noun
- /ˈsʊkə/
- Then again, Lincoln may be an ideal figure to contemplate in the sukkah.
- build a sukkah
Examples
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Well, sukkah means booth, or tabernacle.
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But the neighbors had seen the sukkah and thought we were building a barn.
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We missed out on building our own sukkah this year.
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"That booth was a sukkah, which means a temporary home.
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The sukkah is intended as a reminiscence of the type of fragile dwellings in which the Israelites dwelt during their 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt.
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Stumbling in as wandering Jews, we were hosted magnificently at the St. John's Wood Synagogue, welcomed and honored at the services, invited to meals in the synagogue's sukkah and in a private home, and made to feel absolutely special.
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It is a mystical tradition to invite the "righteous ones"—biblical heroes from Abraham to Esther—into the sukkah as honored guests.
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Becoming a member of the fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi, aka AEPi, Leibowitz and his fraternity brothers enjoyed working on social action projects, like building a playground in Queens and a sukkah on campus.
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During the festival of Sukkot, families gather to eat meals together in their sukkah decorated with fruits and vegetables.
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Many children enjoy playing games inside the sukkah while their parents prepare festive meals for the holiday.
Synonyms
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A small simple building where people live or stay
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Etymology
The word sukkah comes from the Hebrew sukkah, which means 'hut' or 'booth'. That's why a sukkah today is a temporary hut covered with branches or leaves that people use during the festival of Sukkot.