Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A harvest festival commemorating the booths in which the Israelites resided during their 40 years in the wilderness, lasting for either 7 or 8 days and beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri.
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- proper noun Judaism
Jewish festival lasting eight days, celebrating theharvest and commemorating the passage through the wilderness: held the 15th day of the month ofTishrei
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Marco Longari/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images SUKKOT PRAYERS: Orthodox Jews covered their heads with prayer shawls as they took part in the "Birkat Cohanim," or "Blessing of the Priests," ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall Thursday during the holiday of Sukkot.
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In Emerging Economies, Consumers Feel the Pinch David Buimovitch/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images SUKKOT SUNDOWN: Jewish people prayed at Mount Gerizim near Nablus, West Bank, Monday evening to mark the start of Sukkot.
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It occurs to me, as I meet and greet the friends and family who are our guests and have come to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday, that Sukkot is the holiday that most centers around guests and emphasizes hospitality.
Angela Himsel: Blessed Are Those Who Enter: Sukkot, Hospitality and Home Angela Himsel 2010
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Sukkot is the holiday that most centers around guests and emphasizes hospitality.
Angela Himsel: Blessed Are Those Who Enter: Sukkot, Hospitality and Home Angela Himsel 2010
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And to see such a big turnout this close to the end of Sukkot is really, I know how tired everybody is from the hammering and the lulov, and the shaking of the lemon.
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Sukkot is the holiday that most centers around guests and emphasizes hospitality.
Angela Himsel: Blessed Are Those Who Enter: Sukkot, Hospitality and Home Angela Himsel 2010
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It occurs to me, as I meet and greet the friends and family who are our guests and have come to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday, that Sukkot is the holiday that most centers around guests and emphasizes hospitality.
Angela Himsel: Blessed Are Those Who Enter: Sukkot, Hospitality and Home Angela Himsel 2010
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It occurs to me, as I meet and greet the friends and family who are our guests and have come to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday, that Sukkot is the holiday that most centers around guests and emphasizes hospitality.
Angela Himsel: Blessed Are Those Who Enter: Sukkot, Hospitality and Home Angela Himsel 2010
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It occurs to me, as I meet and greet the friends and family who are our guests and have come to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday, that Sukkot is the holiday that most centers around guests and emphasizes hospitality.
Angela Himsel: Blessed Are Those Who Enter: Sukkot, Hospitality and Home Angela Himsel 2010
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Sukkot is the holiday that most centers around guests and emphasizes hospitality.
Angela Himsel: Blessed Are Those Who Enter: Sukkot, Hospitality and Home Angela Himsel 2010
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