Succoth: the Feast of Booths (1969), Hand Color

13"x16" hand color edition of 1 pc

13"x16" B/W edition-180 pieces

Sukkot - “The Time of Our Happiness”

Succoth (Sukkot) is a Jewish festival held in the autumn (beginning on the 15th day of Tishri) to commemorate the sheltering of the Israelites in the wilderness. It is an agricultural festival of thanksgiving and a commemoration of the 40 years during which the children of Israel wandered the desert after leaving slavery in Egypt - living in temporary shelters. It is also called the Feast of the Tabernacles.

Jacob (Genesis 33:12) journeyed to Succoth, built a house, and made booths for his livestock. The word succoth means “booths or tents.”

Today, Jews build small huts (Sukkot) in their backyards, terraces, and balconies. The Sukkot is open to the sky – so we may see the stars. It is traditional to eat, for some -to sleep in the Sukkot for seven days. A lulav and an estrog are used to recite a blessing each day during the holiday and are waved(shaken) in 6 directions. They symbolize divine presence everywhere.

Succoth was a valley east of the Jordan River and north of Jabbok, between Penuel and Shechem.