Sukkot 2016 / סוּכּוֹת 5777

Feast of Booths 🌿🍋

Sukkot for Hebrew Year 5777 began on Sunday, 16 October 2016 and ended on Sunday, 23 October 2016.

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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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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Sukkot I / סוּכּוֹת א׳
Monday, 17 October 2016 / 15 Tishrei 5777

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׳
Tuesday, 18 October 2016 / 16 Tishrei 5777

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׳
Wednesday, 19 October 2016 / 17 Tishrei 5777

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׳
Thursday, 20 October 2016 / 18 Tishrei 5777

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 Chol ha-Moed Day 4 / סוּכּוֹת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ד׳
Friday, 21 October 2016 / 19 Tishrei 5777

Torah Portion: Numbers 29:26-34, 29:26-31

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 29:26-31 · 6 p’sukim

Sukkot Shabbat Chol ha-Moed / סוּכּוֹת שַׁבָּת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד
Saturday, 22 October 2016 / 20 Tishrei 5777

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

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 29:29-34 · 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 Final Day (Hoshana Raba) / סוּכּוֹת ז׳ (הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּה)
Sunday, 23 October 2016 / 21 Tishrei 5777

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

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