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SOUKKOT [2 records]

Record 1 2023-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Judaism
DEF

A temporary structure with a roof of branches in which orthodox Jews eat and, if possible, sleep during the festival of Sukkoth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Judaïsme
DEF

Lieu de résidence temporaire construit pour Souccot dès la fin de Yom Kippour, dont le toit doit être construit dans un matériau organique.

OBS

soukkah; soukka : La forme au pluriel est «soukkot».

OBS

soucca; souccah : La forme au pluriel est «souccot».

Key term(s)
  • soukkot
  • souccot

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Judaism
DEF

A major Jewish festival, beginning on the 15th day of Tishri and lasting for seven days, held to commemorate the sheltering of the Israelites in the wilderness and as a harvest festival.

Key term(s)
  • Succot
  • Succoth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Judaïsme
OBS

Souccot, ou «fête des Tabernacles», est une fête qui dure une semaine [...] Les fidèles mangent et dorment dans des cabanes de fortune pour commémorer l'exode biblique des Israélites hors d'Égypte, il y a environ 3 200 ans selon la tradition juive.

Key term(s)
  • sukkot
  • succot

Spanish

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