Jewish Family Service » Sukkot http://www.jewishfamilyservice.net Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Jewish Holidays – Sukkot http://www.jewishfamilyservice.net/jewish-blog/jewish-holidays-sukkot http://www.jewishfamilyservice.net/jewish-blog/jewish-holidays-sukkot#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:38:02 +0000 admin http://www.jewishfamilyservice.net/jewish-blog/jewish-holidays-sukkot

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Sukkot is the last of the Shalosh R’galim (three pilgrimage festivals). Like Passover and Shavu’ot, Sukkot has a dual significance: historical and agricultural. Historically, Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert, living in temporary shelters. Agriculturally, Sukkot is a harvest festival and is sometimes referred to as Chag Ha-Asif Chag Ha-Asif
(in Hebrew), the Festival of Ingathering

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Various Jewish stories to provide insight to Jewish holidays and traditions.

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