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Succot: The Jewish Holiday
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 harvest festival of
thanksgiving, Succot, begins five days after Yom Kippur, a ....
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.... the palm, and the Etrog were used in decorating the Succot.
At the end of the Autum harvest, on the fifteenth day of Tishri
(September-October) Succot is celebrated. It is believed that the festival
originated with the ancient 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 Jewis ....
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