When is Sukkot in 2007 ?

The seven-day festival of Sukkot in 2007 will begin either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007. The aforementioned date for Sukkot in 2007 is in the Hebrew/Jewish calendar year of 5768.

When does Sukkot end in 2007 ?

Sukkot in 2007 will end either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007. The point in time when Sukkot begins and ends - either just after sunset or just after nightfall - depends on the authoritative rabbinical opinion one follows.

When does Sukkot begin and end in the Hebrew/Jewish calendar?

Sukkot always begins on the 15th day of the seventh month of Tishri or Tishrei in the Hebrew/Jewish calendar and always ends on the 21st day of the seventh month of Tishri or Tishrei.

How long is the Festival of Sukkot?

In the biblical Book of Vayikra or Leviticus, in Leviticus 23:33-34, the narrative says as follows: "G-d spoke to Moses, telling him to speak to the Israelites (Hebrews), as follows: The 15th of this seventh month shall be the festival of Sukkoth to G-d, (lasting) seven days". Therefore, the seventh month in the Hebrew/Jewish calendar is the month of Tishri or Tishrei, and so the festival of Sukkot is celebrated from the 15th day of Tishri or Tishrei until the 21st day of Tishri or Tishrei inclusive. In Israel and for Reconstructionist Jews as well as for Reform Jews, Sukkot is a seven-day holiday with the first day of Sukkot being celebrated as a "full" festival holiday (meaning the full gamut of Jewish religious laws or Halakhah for Sukkot apply to this day), complete with festive holiday meals and special prayer services and the second day through seventh days inclusive are known as the festival weekdays for the festival of Sukkot and are celebrated as "half-holidays" [meaning on each of these days, certain religiously prescribed forms of work are permitted, specifically, work needed for one's sustenance and work needed to commemorate the holiday of Sukkot (or in the case of Pesach/Passover which also includes Chol Hamoed days, work needed to commemorate Pesach/Passover; also, strenuous work is not permitted on Chol Hamoed days)]. In addition, Chol Hamoed days are also prescribed by the Sages as being days for relaxing and having fun. For Jews living outside Israel, the first two days of the festival of Sukkot are celebrated as "full" festival holidays, and the third day through seventh days inclusive are the Chol Hamoed days. The seventh day of Sukkot, also a Chol Hamoed day or half-holiday of Sukkot, is known as "Hoshanah Rabbah" or "Hoshana Rabba" (the "great salvation" in Hebrew or, more literally, "Hoshanah" or "Hoshana" roughly means "help us, we pray" or "please save (us)" and "Rabbah" or "Rabba" means "great", referring to a genre of prayer with those words that are recited on this day) and consists of a special commemoration of its own.

To summarize, for Jews living in Israel and for Reform Jews and Reconstructionist Jews, the festival of Sukkot is always celebrated from the 15th of the Hebrew/Jewish month of Tishri or Tishrei until the 21st of Tishri or Tishrei inclusive, with the first day of Sukkot being a "full" festival holiday. For Jews living outside Israel, the festival of Sukkot is also always celebrated from the 15th of the Hebrew/Jewish month of Tishri or Tishrei until the 21st of Tishri or Tishrei inclusive, with the first two days being "full" festival holidays. The seventh day of Sukkot for all Jews is known as Hoshanah Rabbah or Hoshana Rabba and is celebrated with its own special service. In the modern Gregorian calender, the festival of Sukkot falls in either September or October, depending on the calendrical differences between the lunisolar Hebrew/Jewish calendar and the purely solar Gregorian calendar from year to year.


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