Sukkot

Also Succos

Appears in
The Gefilte Variations

By Jayne Cohen

Published 2000

  • About
Originally an autumn harvest festival of thanksgiving, this holiday, known as the Festival of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, commemorates the period of wandering in the Sinai desert, when the Israelites lived in booths (sukkot). Meals are eaten in the sukkah.