# sukkot (סֻכּוֹת)

pronounced: soo-KOT


**Booths — the Feast of Tabernacles and the temporary shelters built for it**

## In Scripture

> You shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’”
> — Leviticus 23:42-43 (The command that gives Sukkot both its name and its practice)

> You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press.
> — Deuteronomy 16:13 (Exact occurrence — Sukkot is commanded as a seven-day harvest feast.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/sukkot/