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Festivals & practices

Feast of Tabernacles

An autumn harvest festival during which Israel lived temporarily in simple shelters.

Also called · Feast of Booths · Sukkot

What it means

The shelters recalled the wilderness journey and kept settled generations connected to dependence, harvest gratitude, and communal celebration.

How it appears in the Bible

Nehemiah describes a renewed observance after the exile. John 7 places Jesus in Jerusalem during the festival and uses its setting in his public teaching.