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Sukkot

The Feast of Booths: meals in a leafy hut under the stars, and the waving of palm, myrtle, willow and citron.

Sukkot: Sukkoth in Kfar Etzyon, Gush Etzyon, Israel
Photo: Zachi Evenor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

When is Sukkot in 2027?

Sukkot 2027 runs from 16 to 22 October 2027. Other years: 2026, 26 September to 2 October 2026; 2028, 5 to 11 October 2028.

About Sukkot

Sukkot is a seven-day autumn festival beginning on the fifteenth of Tishri. It recalls the forty years of wandering in the desert and the harvest. Families build a sukkah, a hut with a roof of branches or reeds through which the sky can be seen, decorate it with fruit, paper chains and children's drawings, and eat their meals in it, and in some families sleep in it too. Every day of the festival, a bundle of palm branch, myrtle and willow, the lulav, is held with an etrog, a citron, and waved in six directions in the synagogue. Guests, called ushpizin, are invited in, both living and, in tradition, the ancestors. Stuffed vegetables, such as stuffed cabbage, are a common dish.

Sukkot dates: 2026, 2027, 2028

YearSukkot date
202626 September to 2 October 2026
202716 to 22 October 2027
20285 to 11 October 2028

What is eaten

  • stuffed cabbage
  • stuffed peppers
  • apple cake

Traditions of Sukkot

SukkahThe temporary booth.

Also part of it, and being written: Lulav and etrog (The four species waved in prayer.), Ushpizin (The guests, living and symbolic.).

More marked on Sukkot

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ IsraelRosh Hashanahืจึนืืฉื ื”ึทืฉึธึผืื ึธื” The Jewish New Year marked by shofar horn blasts, prayer and sweet foodsSpiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, IsraelSukkotืกื•ื›ื•ืช A seven-day autumn Jewish festival of temporary booths, harvest prayers and hospitalitySpiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, Israel and 1 moreShemini Atzeretืฉึฐืืžึดื™ื ึดื™ ืขึฒืฆึถืจึถืช The eighth day of assembly, kept right after Sukkot with a prayer for rainSpiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel and 5 moreChallahื—ึทืœึธึผื” A braided Jewish bread, blessed and shared at Shabbat and holiday tablesTable custom ยท Feasts and festival meals ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel and 1 moreHigh Holy Daysื™ึธืžึดื™ื ื ื•ึนืจึธืึดื™ื The Jewish year's ten days of repentance, from Rosh Hashanah to Yom KippurSpiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ IsraelKiddushืงื™ื“ื•ืฉ A blessing over wine or grape juice that marks Shabbat and festivals as holySpiritual ยท Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, Israel and 1 moreFour speciesืืจื‘ืขืช ื”ืžื™ื ื™ื (Arba'at HaMinim) A ritual waving of four plants during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.Spiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Safed, Israel and 5 moreHakafotื”ึทืงึธึผืคื•ึนืช Circling the synagogue platform with the Torah scrolls, at Sukkot and Simchat TorahSpiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, Israel and 1 moreSimchat Torahืฉึดื‚ืžึฐื—ึทืช ืชึผื•ึนืจึธื” The day Jewish communities finish the Torah reading and start it again, with dancingSpiritual ยท Feasts and festival meals ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom and 5 moreHarvest festival A thanks for the gathered crop, kept with church meals, songs and shared foodSeasonal ยท Feasts and festival meals ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel and 1 moreSeharane A Kurdish Jewish festival of campfires, circle dances and shared foodFestival ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt and 5 moreLibation The ceremonial gift of drink given to deities, ancestors, and the earthSpiritual ยท Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel and 1 moreIsru Chagืืกืจื• ื—ื’ A minor Jewish observance extending the joy and sanctity of major pilgrimage holidaysSpiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, Israel and 1 moreSimchat Beit HaShoeivahืฉืžื—ืช ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืฉื•ืื‘ื” Nightly music and dancing during the intermediate days of the festival of SukkotFestival ยท Tea-time and snacking customs ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, IsraelAravahืขืจื‘ื” The ritual waving and beating of willow branches during the festival of SukkotSpiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, IsraelAliya la'regelืขืœื™ื™ื” ืœืจื’ืœ A Jewish commandment to appear at the Temple in Jerusalem during three annual festivals.Spiritual ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, Israel and 1 moreHoshana Rabbahื”ื•ึนืฉึทืืขึฐื ึธื ืจึทื‘ึธึผื” The seventh and final day of Sukkot, marked by seven synagogue processions and night-long study.Festival ยท Dinner
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