Jewish Holidays – Sukkot

Posted by admin on May 21st, 2010 and filed under Jewish Holidays | 1 Comment »

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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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  1. ajas1980 Says:

    It is an …
    It is an interesting fact, that all three pilgrimage festivals with their agriculture aspects are connected with the Exodus happening.

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