sukkahs
Temporary festival shelters
Sukkahs is the plural of sukkah, a temporary outdoor shelter built for the Jewish festival of Sukkot.
The structure has walls and a roof of branches or leaves that lets in starlight.
Observant Jews eat meals and sometimes sleep in the sukkah during the week-long harvest celebration: The synagogue courtyard filled with sukkahs each fall.
Jewish autumn harvest commemoration
- mitzvahJewish law commandment
- dwellingPlace of residence
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
sacred · ritual · observance · Torah · Leviticus · pilgrimage · festival · covenant
Temporary enclosed compartment
- hutSmall crude dwelling
- temporaryLimited in duration
- roofBuilding's protective top
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
bamboo · palm · branches · canvas · wooden · poles · fabric · lattice
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- desertTo leave behind completely
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
harvest · ancestors · journey · pilgrimage · thanksgiving · gratitude · remembrance · transience
Scheduled eating occasions
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- familyRelated people together
congregation · synagogue · community · celebration · eating · sleeping · decorating · children
Sukkot
Jewish autumn harvest commemoration
- mitzvahJewish law commandment
- dwellingPlace of residence
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
blessing · sacred · ritual · observance · Torah · Leviticus · pilgrimage · festival · covenant · fulfillment
booth
Temporary enclosed compartment
walls · bamboo · palm · branches · canvas · wooden · poles · fabric · lattice · frame
wilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- desertTo leave behind completely
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- ExodusMass departure from a place
Israelites · harvest · ancestors · journey · pilgrimage · thanksgiving · gratitude · remembrance · transience · impermanence
meals
Scheduled eating occasions
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- guestsPeople received hospitably
family · congregation · synagogue · community · celebration · eating · sleeping · decorating · children · singing
sukkahshouses
Buildings for living
brick buildings · mansions · fortresses · castles · skyscrapers