अक्टोबर १५ ।
सुक्कोत एक हप्ताभरि मनाइने यहूदी चाड हो जुन छुटकारा र पेन्तिकोस्को चाड जस्तै प्रस्थान र ४० वर्षसम्म उजाडस्थानहुँदो घुमिहिँड्दाको सम्झनामा मनाइन्छ । यो योम किप्पुर अर्थात् प्रायश्चितको महान र पवित्र दिनको ५ दिनपछि सुरूहुन्छ ।
यस वर्ष यो चाड अक्टोबर १३ सूर्यास्तबाट सुरू भएर अक्टोबर २० को सूर्यास्तसम्म रहन्छ ।
यो चाड हिब्रू क्यालेण्डरअनुसार साताैँ महिनाको पन्ध्राैँ दिनमा पर्छ । सुक्कोतको अर्थ छाप्रो वा गोठ भन्ने हुन्छ, यसकारण आज पनि यहूदीहरू आफ्नै घरको छतमा, वा खेतहरूमा पाल टाँगेर वा छाप्रो बनाएर एक हप्तासम्म बस्ने गर्दछन् ।
यसचाडभरि छाप्रोमै भोज गर्ने, दिनहुँ तोरा पढिसिध्याउने, अनि गरिबहरूसँग आफ्नो खानेकुरा बाँडेर खाने प्रचलन छ ।
लेवीको पुस्तकमा परमेश्वरले यो चाड किन र कसरी मनाउने भनी मोशालाई यसरी स्पष्ट आदेश विवरण दिनुभएको पाइन्छः


Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt), commonly translated as Feast of Tabernacles, known also as the Festival of Ingathering (חג האסיף, Chag HaAsif) or in some translations the Festival of Shel ters.
The holiday also can be translated as Feast of Tabernacles or Festival of Booths.
It is one of Judaism’s three central pilgrimage festivals – along with Passover and Shavuot. Sukkot is a week-long festival which falls on the 15th day of Tishrei on the Jewish calendar, five days after Yom Kippur. This year the holiday begins in the evening of Sunday October 13 and runs until the evening of Sunday October 20.
Like Easter, it’s a movable feast which can take place in either September or October.
The main holy days fall between Wednesday and Friday night, while the following days are seen as quasi holidays. While, in Israel, they only take one day of holiday.
Traditionally, Jews eat all their meals in a festively decorated sukkah during the week of Sukkot.
While worshippers should read the Torah every day, and rituals include the Four Species.
It’s custom to buy a lulav (palm frond, myrtle twigs and willow twigs) and etrog (citrus fruit), and shake them daily throughout the festival.
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