Festival
Sukkot
סוכות
The Festival of Booths. For seven days meals, and sometimes sleep, happen in a sukkah — a temporary hut open to the sky.
Until it begins
In 350 days
- Begins on the evening of
- Ends
- Length
- 7 days
- Festival
- In the Hebrew calendar
- 15 Tishri
- 5788
Sukkot 2027 times: candle lighting and end by city
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Candles are lit 18 minutes before sunset (40 in Jerusalem, 30 in Haifa); the holiday ends at nightfall, when the sun is 8.5° below the horizon. Every time is local to its city. In Israel, Pesach, Shavuot and Shemini Atzeret are one day shorter. Local custom can differ by a few minutes. Check with your community.
About the holiday
Five days after Yom Kippur the mood turns: a hut goes up in the garden or on the balcony, roofed loosely enough that the stars show through. It remembers forty years of living in tents in the desert and doubles as the autumn harvest festival. Every morning four species — palm, myrtle, willow and citron — are held together and waved to the four directions.
Dates for the coming years
The exact candle-lighting time depends on sunset where you are. Check with your local community.