Sukkot 1981 / סוּכּוֹת 5742

Feast of Booths 🌿🍋

Sukkot for Hebrew Year 5742 began on and ended on .

Lulav (date palm frond), hadass (myrtle), aravah (willow), and etrog (citron) on a red tablecloth

Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Jews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.

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DateDetail
Erev Sukkot
Sukkot I
Sukkot II (CH’’M)
Sukkot III (CH’’M)
Sukkot IV (CH’’M)
Sukkot V (CH’’M)
Sukkot VI (CH’’M)
Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba)

Dates in bold are yom tov, so they have similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal “work” is forbidden.

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Dates for Sukkot in Israel 🇮🇱

HolidayStartsEnds in Israel 🇮🇱Hebrew Dates
Sukkot 1978 15-21 Tishrei 5739
Sukkot 1979 15-21 Tishrei 5740
Sukkot 1980 15-21 Tishrei 5741
Sukkot 1981 15-21 Tishrei 5742
Sukkot 1982 15-21 Tishrei 5743
Sukkot 1983 15-21 Tishrei 5744
Sukkot 1984 15-21 Tishrei 5745
Sukkot 1985 15-21 Tishrei 5746

Tanakh

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Sukkot I / סוּכּוֹת א׳

Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 29:12-16

  1. 1: Leviticus 22:26-23:3 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 23:4-14 · 11 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 23:15-22 · 8 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim
  6. maf: Numbers 29:12-16 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1-21 · 21 p’sukim

Sukkot Chol ha-Moed Day 1 / סוּכּוֹת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם א׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 29:17-25, 29:17-22

  1. 1: Numbers 29:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 29:20-22 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 29:23-25 · 3 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 29:17-22 · 6 p’sukim

Sukkot Chol ha-Moed Day 2 / סוּכּוֹת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ב׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 29:20-28, 29:20-25

  1. 1: Numbers 29:20-22 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 29:23-25 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 29:26-28 · 3 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 29:20-25 · 6 p’sukim

Sukkot Chol ha-Moed Day 3 / סוּכּוֹת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ג׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 29:23-31, 29:23-28

  1. 1: Numbers 29:23-25 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 29:26-28 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 29:29-31 · 3 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 29:23-28 · 6 p’sukim

Sukkot Shabbat Chol ha-Moed / סוּכּוֹת שַׁבָּת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד

Torah Portion: Exodus 33:12-34:26; Numbers 29:26-31

  1. 1: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 33:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 33:20-23 · 4 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 34:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 34:4-10 · 7 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim
  8. maf: Numbers 29:26-31 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 · 22 p’sukim

Megillah
  1. 1: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
  2. 2: Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 · 26 p’sukim
  3. 3: Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
  4. 4: Ecclesiastes 4:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  5. 5: Ecclesiastes 5:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
  6. 6: Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
  7. 7: Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  8. 8: Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  9. 9: Ecclesiastes 9:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
  10. 10: Ecclesiastes 10:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  11. 11: Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
  12. 12: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

Sukkot Chol ha-Moed Day 5 / סוּכּוֹת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ה׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 29:29-37, 29:29-34

  1. 1: Numbers 29:29-31 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 29:32-34 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 29:35-37 · 3 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 29:29-34 · 6 p’sukim

Sukkot Final Day (Hoshana Raba) / סוּכּוֹת ז׳ (הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּה)

Torah Portion: Numbers 29:26-34

  1. 1: Numbers 29:26-28 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 29:29-31 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 29:32-34 · 3 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 29:29-34 · 6 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Sukkot” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
All About Sukkot

All About Sukkot
by Judyth Saypol Groner

Ecclesiastes: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation

Ecclesiastes
by Michael V. Fox

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