: a booth or shelter with a roof of branches and leaves that is used especially for meals during the Sukkoth
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Attu Kari sukkah is a falling-apart tender lamb in a dark brown curry redolent of warm spices.
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Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Observants build and dwell in a sukkah (a temporary hut) and wave the lulav and etrog (a palm frond and citrus fruit).
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
The sukkahs, or huts, commemorate the structures the Israelites lived in while wandering in the desert for 40 years and are often decorated with gourds, fruit and lights.
—Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The sukkahs were removed at nine universities, according to JVP, with administrators citing new rules prohibiting unauthorized structures.
—Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Observants build and dwell in a sukkah (a temporary hut) and wave the lulav and etrog (a palm frond and citrus fruit).
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
The sukkahs, or huts, commemorate the structures the Israelites lived in while wandering in the desert for 40 years and are often decorated with gourds, fruit and lights.
—Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The sukkahs were removed at nine universities, according to JVP, with administrators citing new rules prohibiting unauthorized structures.
—Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Sukkah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sukkah. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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