Sukkot Guide

The days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot are traditionally characterized by frenzied excited activity, preparing for the coming festival.

On the holiday of Sukot we sit in a sukkah, a hut that sit beneath the open sky, built to provide shade. We spend eight days in a flimsy outdoor hut to demonstrates our faith in G‑d...

The four types of vegetation are taken every day of the holiday of Sukkot. Why these four? And do we go about doing this mitzvah?

In the holiday prayers, each festival is given a short description. Sukkot is simply described as the “Season of our Rejoicing”!

An overview of all the special Sukkot prayers.

Chol Hamoed refers to the "intermediate period" of the festivals of Passover and Sukkot. They are the days sandwiched between the beginning and end holy days of both festivals.

G‑d told Abraham: "If atonement was not granted to your children on Rosh Hashanah, I will grant it on Yom Kippur; if atonement was not attained on Yom Kippur, it will be given on Hoshannah Rabbah."

The biblical holidays on the Jewish calendar have many unique laws and traditions. What is allowed and what is not allowed? And what are yom tov's unique mitzvot?