Festival of Booths - The season of our rejoicing
15-21 Tishrei, 5787
Begins
Thu, Oct 1 at sundown
Ends
Thu, Oct 8 at nightfall
Dwelling in the Sukkah
Eat meals and spend time in a temporary booth with a roof of natural materials (schach)
Waving the Four Species
Lulav (palm), etrog (citron), hadassim (myrtle), and aravot (willow) are held and waved each morning
Ushpizin (Heavenly Guests)
Each night we symbolically welcome one of the seven shepherds of Israel into the sukkah
Hallel and Hoshanot
Special prayers of praise and circling the bimah with the four species