Sukkot facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sukkot
From left to right, lulav, etrog carrier, and etrog used on Sukkot
Official name	Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת‎ "Booths, Tabernacles"
Observed by	Jews
Type	Judaism
Significance	One of the three pilgrim festivals
Observances	Eating in sukkah, taking the Four Species.
Begins	15th day of Tishrei
Ends	21st day of Tishrei (22nd outside of Israel)
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Related to	Shemini Atzeret

Sukkot (also known as Feast of Tabernacles) is a Jewish festival. In this event, people celebrate the gathering of the crops, and remember the time in the past when small shelters were made by the Jews when they were in the wilderness and had no homes.

Images for kids

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  External aerial view of Sukkah booths where Jewish families eat their meals and sleep throughout the Sukkot holiday

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  A 19th century painted Sukkah from Austria or South Germany, Painted pine, 220 x 285.5 cm, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme

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  Sukkah in the U.S.

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  Sukkot prayers at the Western Wall or Kotel

See also

In Spanish: Sucot para niños