A type of Jewish booth built during the festival of Succot. The structure does not have a solid roof and it is decorated with fruit and leaves.
The command is to dwell in the succah for 8 days. So, one must eat sleep and pray in the succah for 8 days.
When in a hurry, in the kitchen, at leisure, in the dining room if they have one, and during Succot (the weeklong festival of booths), when the weather permits, if the they have access to a succah, in their succah.
When in a hurry, in the kitchen, at leisure, in the dining room if they have one, and during Succot (the weeklong festival of booths), when the weather permits, if the they have access to a succah, in their succah.
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During the holiday of Succot, Jews are commanded to wave the lulav (bundle of a palm frond with willow and myrtle branches, together with an etrog, a kind of primitive lemon). Some Jews do this in the succah. But the big activities in the succah are not symbolic, they are real. The commandment is to "settle in the succah" which is to say, to live there. Jews who build succot frequently eat their meals in the succah (weather permitting) and some sleep there. I suppose you could take it as symbolic when someone goes into the succah, sits down, says the blessing and eats a chunk of bread and then immediately goes back inside to finish the meal.
Yes. Many observant Jews build a succah (booth) for the week, eating meals and even sleeping in it, although in colder northern climates, this can be a challenge. Most synagogues construct a succah for congregational use, sometimes hosting a succah party or using the succah for kiddush (the blessing over wine and bread, frequently expanded into a meal) after sabbath and festival services. One element of the festival is waving a lulav and etrog -- a palm frond bundled with willow and myrtle branches, along with a thick-skinned relative of the lemon. There are on-line stores that sell succah kits, palm fronds, willow branches and etrogs.
We dwell in the Sukkah (foliage-covered booth), and have festive meals there. See Leviticus ch.23.
Jews used tents and other forms of portable housing (like the succah) while traveling in the Wilderness.
Sukkot is a harvest holiday and is relatively similar to Thanksgiving in the USA (aside from all of the ritual Jewish elements - such as building the the succah and shaking the lulav and etrog.)
There are no special sukkot foods, but because the succah is a temporary outdoor living space, some people do enjoy typical outdoor patio cooking. Others just carry food from the kitchen.
The Hebrew words 'succah' and 'ohel' come to mind. Succah is the Hebrew word commonly translated as booth, referring to a shelter, typically improvised from material found in the area. Ohel is a Hebrew word commonly translated as tent, referring to a shelter you roll up and take with you from one place to the next. The Jewish fall festival of Succot is observed by building such shelters and living (or at least eating) in them for a week; one explanation of this tradition is that it remembers the shelters used by the Jews during the wanderings in the wilderness.
There are many styles and many ways. Basically it is a little house, with foliage instead of a roof; and it depends on your choice, your abilities and availability of materials. Below this box there are some links in 'Related Links' that might provide helpful options and information.