Sukkot

Diaspora buyers look to Israeli real estate amid rising aliyah interest

The Israel Home Expo will bring developers, mortgage and tax experts, and aliyah services together in Jerusalem as organizers seek to turn holiday visits into long-term moves to Israel.

Diaspora buyers look to Israeli real estate amid rising aliyah interest. Real estate fair in NYC earlier this year.
Chocolate in the shape of rabbits.

Chocolate festival to transform Nof Hagalil into sweet kingdom over Sukkot

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and his students hold the Four Species as they attend a morning prayer during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Katzrin, northern Israel, on October 12, 2025.

Two three-day cultural festivals to mark Sukkot with poetry, dance, and eco-tours

EMOTIONAL SCARS remain. Illustration of a woman with a puzzle-piece shaped hole in her chest, with the corresponsing puzzle piece seen floating beside her.

The second year: Anticipating the Jewish High Holidays after experiencing grief and loss


A holiday to remember: Celebrating Sukkot in 1946

I was a seven-year-old army brat, a Norfolk Tars baseball fan, and my father, Lt.-Col. Louis Geffen, had finally completed his six-year tour of duty as a judge advocate in World War II.

THE WRITER’S grandparents Rabbi Tuvye Geffen and Rebbetsin Sara Hene Geffen celebrate their 50th anniversary in 1948.

Building sukkot during the Yom Kippur War

Many IDF soldiers found ways to commemorate the holiday on the frontlines in the Sinai Desert in the South and on the Golan Heights in the North.

DURING THE Yom Kippur War, soldiers improvise a sukkah over their troop carrier in Sinai.

Sukkot: Walking with strength

We remember on Sukkot that despite our considerable human ingenuity and skill, we remain dependent on God – not only for the technology itself but for help when our knowledge and tools fall short.

GIFTED TOOLS to shield our skies: Smoke trail of David’s Sling anti-missile system.

Sukkot 2025: Your guide to Judaism's week-long fall holiday - explainer

A rundown on the Sukkot's history and meaning, differing customs, and rules for when Yom Tov begins and ends.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews build a Sukkah ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the streets of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea She'arim, Jerusalem, October 5, 2025

Sukkot candle lighting times for Israel and US

See Sukkot times for your area.

Shabbat candles

Sukkot: Fourteen steps to an ‘etrog’ cake

To make the best use of your etrog after the holiday, you could bake an etrog sponge cake with etrog zest and etrog juice. One etrog is enough. 

Bundt cake (Illustrative).

Amid deal optimism, hostage families rally in Jerusalem, New York to demand immediate release

Families and survivors in Jerusalem and New York marked two years since the October 7 massacre, urging the release of 48 hostages still held in Gaza and expressing hope for a breakthrough deal.

Hostage families, activists protest at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, October 5, 2025.

How Sukkot lessons are essential to our Jewish story

A sukkah is flexible. It shudders in the wind, and storms knock it down, but it can always be reassembled – and it is the same with us.

A sukkah built ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

Trump faith advisor Paula White tops list of Israel’s 50 leading Christian allies

“Their support is a testament to the enduring bond between the Christian and Jewish communities, rooted in shared Judeo-Christian values," said Israel Allies Foundation President Josh Reinstein.

Illustrative image of Paula Cain-White, Charlie Kirk, and Pastor Larry Huch.

What festive fun is being held across Israel for Sukkot?

Cultural events abound up and down the country, taking in ad hoc events, annual festivals, and institutions laying on special programs for the week.

THE BAROQUE CHOIR at the Abu Gosh Festival.