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Sukkah

The temporary hut in which Jews eat during Sukkot.

A pattern drawn for this page, not a picture of Sukkah.

Also: succah

A sukkah is a temporary booth, built for the autumn festival of Sukkot, in memory of the shelters of the Israelites in the desert and the huts of harvest. It has at least three walls and a roof of branches, reeds or palm leaves, through which the stars should be visible. Families decorate it with fruit, paper chains and children's drawings, and eat their meals there for a week, and some sleep in it. Guests are invited, in symbolic form. The festival also uses the lulav and etrog, four plant species that are waved in the six directions. In Israel, balconies and streets fill with sukkot.

Region: Middle East

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