[Seph. soo-kah; Ashk., Eng. soo
k-uh] 
[Seph. soo-kawt; Ashk. soo-kohs] , English. suc⋅cahs. Hebrew. | sukkah. |
[Seph. Heb. soo-kawt; Ashk. Heb., Eng. soo-kuhs, soo-kohs] [Seph. soo-kah; Ashk., Eng. sook-uh] [Seph. soo-kawt; Ashk. soo-kohs] , English. suk⋅kahs. Hebrew. | a booth or hut roofed with branches, built against or near a house or synagogue and used during the Jewish festival of Sukkoth as a temporary dining or living area. |
[Seph. Heb. soo-kawt; Ashk. Heb., Eng. sook-uhs, soo-kohs] | a Jewish festival beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishri and celebrated for nine days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for eight days by Reform Jews and by Jews in Israel that celebrates the harvest and commemorates the period during which the Jews wandered in the wilderness after the Exodus, marked by the building of sukkoth. |
| succos | |
noun | |
| a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness [syn: Succoth] |