sukkah
Temporary harvest shelter
A sukkah is a temporary hut built for the Jewish festival of Sukkot, which commemorates the Israelites' forty years of wandering in the desert.
The structure has walls but a roof of branches or leaves through which the sky remains visible.
Families eat meals in the sukkah during the week-long autumn holiday, and some sleep there.
Also spelled succah or sukka; plural sukkot or sukkahs.
Jewish autumn harvest commemoration
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- harvestGathering mature crops
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
Temporary enclosed compartment
palm · branches · canvas · walls · roof · open-air · lattice · enclosure
Enclosed roofed structure
- decoratingAdding aesthetic elements
- assemblingFitting parts together
- bambooTall woody grass
- palmHand's flat interior
corn · stalks · branches · poles · fabric · nails · zip-ties · instructions
Post-summer cooling period
- gourdsHard-rinded fleshy fruits
- pumpkinsLarge orange autumn gourds
- bountyReward for capture
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
vineyard · orchard · thanksgiving · ingathering · firstfruits · agricultural · seasonal · cornucopia
Quality of not lasting
- faithTrust without proof
- trustConfidence in another
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- divineOf or from gods
protection · wilderness · wandering · Exodus · fragility · dependence · transience · pilgrimage
Sukkot
Jewish autumn harvest commemoration
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- harvestGathering mature crops
booth
Temporary enclosed compartment
bamboo · palm · branches · canvas · walls · roof · open-air · lattice · enclosure · lean-to
building
Enclosed roofed structure
- decoratingAdding aesthetic elements
- assemblingFitting parts together
- bambooTall woody grass
palm · corn · stalks · branches · poles · fabric · nails · zip-ties · instructions · kosher
autumn
Post-summer cooling period
grain · vineyard · orchard · thanksgiving · ingathering · firstfruits · agricultural · seasonal · cornucopia · abundance
impermanence
Quality of not lasting
- faithTrust without proof
- trustConfidence in another
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
divine · protection · wilderness · wandering · Exodus · fragility · dependence · transience · pilgrimage · remembrance
guests
People received hospitably
Jacob · Moses · Aaron · Joseph · David · welcoming · meals · gathering · family · community
- Jewish Placesshul, beit midrash, mikvah, mikveh, yeshiva
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- seasonal structurescorn maze, haunted house, pumpkin patch, Christmas market, ice sculpture
- temporary structurestent, marquee, booth, pop-up shop, festival stage
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
- Jewish heritageTorah scrolls, synagogues, Ashkenazi, rabbis, Sephardic
sukkahbrick house
Building of stacked blocks
mansion · palace · fortress · castle · permanent residence
sukkahbunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
bomb shelter · sealed room · fortress · vault · panic room