sukkah

noun

suk·kah ˈsu̇-kə

: a booth or shelter with a roof of branches and leaves that is used especially for meals during the Sukkoth

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Student protesters erected the sukkah Monday morning to observe the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and demand the university divest from companies that do business with Israel and call for an end to the war in Palestine. —

Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024 But Zvi Sukkot, a 33-year-old Israeli settler from Yitzhar, had chosen to erect a sukkah, the festive temporary hut traditionally built during the Jewish harvest holiday Sukkot. —

Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024 The holiday of Sukkot begins five days after Yom Kippur and is named after the huts, or sukkah, that represent the shelters that freed Jews used in their 40 years in the wilderness. —

Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023 Many of the sukkah decorations in our guide, from garlands to decorative fruit, are versatile staples that can be used (and re-used) in different ways within your sukkah. —

Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 24 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sukkah