About Sukkot

Sukkot is a seven-day festival (eight in the diaspora, with Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah) that begins on the 15th of Tishrei, five days after Yom Kippur. It commemorates the temporary dwellings the Jewish people lived in during their forty years in the wilderness, and it is known as zman simchateinu — the season of our rejoicing.

For the duration of the festival, meals are eaten — and many people also sleep — in a sukkah: a temporary structure with a roof of natural covering called schach. The walls can be made of almost any material as long as they are sturdy, but the schach must come from something that grew from the ground and has been cut from it, such as bamboo, branches, or reed mats.

A kosher sukkah needs at least two full walls plus part of a third, must sit under the open sky (not under a tree or balcony), and the schach should give more shade than sun while still letting the stars be seen at night.

Each day of the festival (except Shabbat), we take the arba minim — the four species: a lulav (palm branch), etrog (citron), three hadassim (myrtle branches), and two aravot (willow branches) — and wave them together during prayers. Each set we sell is individually inspected for kashrus and beauty.

Most families put their sukkah up in the days following Yom Kippur. Order early — delivery slots before the festival fill quickly. Browse our sukkahs, schach, and lulav & etrog sets, or use the Sukkah Finder to get a personal recommendation.