Sukkot, Translated, Tabernacles, or the festival of Booths. From the time of a somber mood of repentance and judgment, to time of rejoicing and celebration, for which the people were commanded to build a hut ( sukkah or plural sukkot ) and make it their home. The Torah identifies the sukkah ( booths ) with temporary dwellings in which the Israelites lived in the wilderness after they left Egypt on their ay to the promised land. Leviticus ( Vayikra ) 23:42. From Yom Kippur to Sukkot: Not coincidentally, the same time period marks the beginning of the construction of G-ds sukkah, the mishkan, the sanctuary in the desert ( Exodus [ Shemot ] 25:8-9 ). The Seven Feasts of the Lord
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