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Ahead of Sukkot, Israelis shop for "Four Species" at stands set up outside the Machane Yehuda outdoor market in Jerusalem, Oct. 14 , 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Guide for Sukkot 2024
The third of Judaism's pilgrimage festivals kicks off on the evening of Oct. 16.
Oct. 16, 2024
Etrogs on sale at Machane Yehuda outdoor market in Jerusalem, September 2021. Photo by Eliana Rudee.
Heart and soul
A Sukkot message with a powerful story.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Oct. 15, 2024
The entrance to a bomb shelter in the northern Israeli city of Karmiel, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Sukkah of a different kind: Pajama party in the bomb shelter
If there’s one thing Israelis are famous for, it is refusing to wallow in worry, insisting instead on choosing life.
Deborah Fineblum
Oct. 15, 2024
Sukkot in Jerusalem, 1979. Photo by Dov Dafnai, KKL Archives.
Rare archival photos document Sukkot in early years of Jewish state
“These images reveal how the traditions of the holiday have been preserved and remain relevant to this day,” said Efrat Sinai, KKL-JNF archives director.
Oct. 15, 2024
A sukkah in Lodz, Poland. Credit: Rakoon via Wikimedia Commons.
Sukkot’s enduring reminder
It’s our belief in community, our willingness to place our traditions and ethics above uncertainty that cements our existence as a people.
Jan Lee
Oct. 14, 2024
A sukkah ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the streets of a haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem, Oct. 13, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
IDF troops build first sukkah in Gaza since 2005
During the weeklong Sukkot holiday, which this year starts at sundown on Oct. 16 and runs through Oct. 23, Jews erect festive booths in keeping with a biblical commandment.
Oct. 14, 2024
Israelis build and decorate a sukkah in moshav Yashresh in central Israel at the end of Yom Kippur for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Sept. 25, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Autumn festival and sukkah feasts, made simpler by culinary shortcuts
After cooking elaborate, traditional meals for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (pre- and post-fasting), convenience is now the top priority for the next seven days of Sukkot.
Ethel G. Hofman
Oct. 8, 2024
A mobile sukkah supplied by the rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces for soldiers to use during wartime, October 2024. Credit: IDF.
Under the shadow of war, IDF rabbinate reveals a sukkah never seen before
In the latest edition of Israeli innovation comes a truly special model this year: the “Frontline Soldier’s Sukkah.”
Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
Oct. 7, 2024
Ethiopian Jews put up a sukkah for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Credit: Courtesy of Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jews.
Sukkot’s added meaning in Gondar
For most Ethiopian Jews, the one sukkah available to them becomes a symbol of unity among families that is shared and celebrated each year.
Jan Lee
Sept. 28, 2023