The festival is a way to give thanks for a successful harvest, and is also a reminder of the Exodus - a time when Moses led his people out of slavery in Egypt. People celebrate Sukkot at home and ...

their escape from slavery in Egypt. Some aspects of Sukkot happen in the synagogue, including special prayers and readings from the Bible. Yet the main action takes place at home, in the backyard ...

Each year, right around the time many Americans are peeping fall foliage, clutching spiced lattes and flocking to pumpkin ...

Have you heard of the festival of Sukkot? What do you know about it ... The story begins in Egypt late at night. Ishmael, the son of an Israelite slave, overhears his father telling the other ...

Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the huts the Israelites lived in during their exodus from Egypt, which Jews today build to and dwell in to commemorate this time. Sukkot is ...