When is Sukkot?
Sukkot 2027 begins at sundown on Friday, October 15, 2027 and ends at nightfall on Friday, October 22.
A week-long harvest festival. Families build a sukkah, a small hut with a roof of branches, and eat meals in it.
How the date is set: 15 to 21 Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar.
The date in other years
A short history
Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, is a Torah-commanded Jewish holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals on which Israelites were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. Biblically an autumn harvest festival and a commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt, Sukkot's observance is characterised by festive meals in a sukkah, a temporary wood-covered hut, and the taking of the four species. The names used in the Torah are "Festival of Ingathering" (or "Harvest Festival", Hebrew: חַג הָאָסִיף, romanised: ḥag hāʾāsif) and "Festival of Booths" (Hebrew: חג הסכות, romanised: Ḥag hasSukkōṯ).
From Wikipedia’s article Sukkot, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
- Hebcal.com Jewish calendar (CC BY 4.0) Dates
- Wikipedia: Sukkot Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)