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As the Jewish festival of Harvest, Sukkot could be compared to the American ‘Thanksgiving holiday. At this time, it’s traditional to take a harvest offering to the temple for God. Sukkot forms one of the three Pilgrimmage holdiays – the other two being Passover and Shavuot.

The holiday lasts nine days, it is widely regarded as the most important festival in the Jewish calendar. Beginning on the fifth day of Yom Kippur, Sukkot marks the end of the relatively solemn day earlier in the calendar and the beginnings of celebration.

The festival commemorates the time, as noted in Leviticus 23, when the Hebrew people were left to wander in the wilderneess. According to the scripture, a Sukka or temporary structure was built as shelter. As a mark of respect, many Jews build their own Sukkas at this time. Quite often this is a temporary hut or shelter errected in a backyard.

Another tradition is to bind together six branches. This is as an observance of Leviticus 23:40 which reads:

“On the first day, you will take for yourselves a fruid of a beautiful tree, palm branches, twigs of a braided tree and brook willows.”

The bundle usually is a mixture of palm, 2 willow and 3 myrtle branches.This is then waved in six directions to signify God’s presence in all corners of the world.

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