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The next Holiday is the Sukkot
commemorates the Israelites' wanderings in the desert following their Exodus from Egypt, during which time they lived in portable shelters or booths. Sukkot is one of three festivals each year during which the Israelites made a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem
At home the children would sit in a make shift shelter at night,since it's a little chilly now. parents would tell them stories,it's flimsy and tell you that you are reminded that how cold and hardship we live. That we live in a cold,hard world.The temples would also have a ceremony in the makeshift shelter. We celebrate by lifting and shaking the four species - a palm branch, three branches of myrtle, two willow branches and a citron (a yellow or green bumpy citrus fruit that looks a lot like a lemon
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