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Succot: The Jewish Holiday
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After the Exodus from slavery in Egypt, the wandering Jews lived in tents
or booths, called Succots. They were pitched wherever they happened to stop for
the night. Today it is called the Succot the festival of booths remembering both
the ancient agricultural booths and those of the Exodus. The har ....
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.... Canaanite celebration after the grape harvest at the
end of the annual dry season. During this time rites were performed to incourage
the rains. Boughs of fruit trees and evergreens were made into little booths
which the early Jewish farmers lived during the festival.
The last day of Succot is called Simhat Torah. It means the "rejoicing of
the Torah." On this day, the reading of the Torah is completed, and is then
immidiately begun again. This symbolizes the fact that the study of the Tor.... |
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