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סֻכָּהsukkah meaning in Biblical Hebrew

a hut, a makeshift shelter of branches · noun, feminine

Also spelled in English: sukka, succah

Illustration for the Biblical Hebrew word sukkah

Tomorrow half of Jerusalem will be eating dinner inside what is, legally speaking, a pile of branches with a roof you can see stars through. The Torah chose that word on purpose.

בַּסֻּכֹּת תֵּשְׁבוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים כָּל־הָאֶזְרָח בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשְׁבוּ בַּסֻּכֹּת

“You shall dwell in sukkot seven days; every native-born Israelite shall dwell in sukkot" — Leviticus 23:42”

Who built the sukkah in your family, and did it fall down even once?

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