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Sukkot
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Definition:
Sukkot is a seven-day Jewish fall festival which takes place on the 15th of Tishri and commemorates the sukkot (Hebrew for booths or tabernacles) where Israel lived in the wilderness after the Exodus.

Also KnownAs: hag haasiph, the festival of Ingathering

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