Sukkot Q&A

The short answer is that you may both build and take down a sukkah on the intermediate days of Sukkot. But it’s not so simple.

The Talmud lists a number of sources in the Torah.

Sukkot reminds us that we are continually in G-d’s warm embrace, enveloped by His infinite love.

Some sechach blew off during Sukkot. I was wondering if I can just tie it down with string. When I asked (and looked on the Internet), I got mixed replies.

Take this quiz to see how much you know about the Lulav and Etrog!

The holiday is celebrated with materials typically left on a threshing floor or winepress, such as straw, stalks, and reeds.

Take these 10 questions to see how well you know the joyous holiday of Sukkot.

Many, including Chabad, prefer “Calabria etrogim,” grown on the southern Italian coast in the region of Calabria. Why are these etrogim so prized?

If sitting in the sukkah bothers you, like in wet weather, you can leave and eat inside the house.Nevertheless, many people refuse to eat outside of the sukkah. When you understand what the sukkah is, you'll see why.

The sukkah serves to remind us of our humble beginnings as a fledgling nation, when we did not have any permanent dwellings and had to live in simple huts.

It appears that that at least since the 13th century the common practice is to sleep indoors...

The sukkah covering must provide enough cover so that when the sun is shining overhead there is more shade than sun in the sukkah...

After filling the storehouses with the summer harvest, a person might feel confident about his financial situation, and forget the Creator who supplied him with all this material wealth.

The traditional triangular pieces of dough filled with ground meat or chicken, similar to dumplings.

At the suggestion of my Chabad rabbi, I decided that I want to have my own lulav and etrog set for the holiday of Sukkot, so that my entire family can take part in the observance. When the holiday is over, should I just throw it in the garbage?

I was told that one is supposed to be able to see the stars through the roof of their sukkah hut. What is the reason for this, and why have I seen sukkahs that have very thick covering of greenery for their roofs?

I don’t get it. Someone in the synagogue told me that he spent over a hundred dollars on his lulav and etrog set for the holiday of Sukkot.

What is the shaking of the lulav and etrog in six directions all about?

For Sukkot, it is customary for the candles to be lit in the Sukkah.

Every year I get all inspired. But somehow it dissipates pretty quickly . . .

Passover is the "Season of Our Liberation," Shavuot is the "Season of the Giving of Our Torah" and Sukkot is described simply as the "Season of Our Rejoicing!"