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Sukkot begins on the 15th of Tishrei and lasts for 7 days, plus an additional day (two outside of Israel) of Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah. It is the festival of booths ("tabernacles"), one of the three main chagim.

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How do you maximize your aravot's period of freshness?

Every Sukkot any aravot that I start the holiday with tend to get dried up by the end of the holiday, if not to the point of being unfit for service, at least enough to be ugly. …
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Sukkot water libations - from the Torah, from Sinai, or from the Rabbis?

There's a disagreement recorded in the Mishna, Zevachim 13:6, regarding the Sukkot water libation. … R' El'azar includes this ceremony in the list of Temple activities that are prohibited by the Torah to perform outside the Temple, in this case, specifically on Sukkot. …
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Best practices for well-circulating Hoshanot

I've been to many Sukkot services, especially on Hoshana Raba (HR), in which the physical process of people circumambulating the bima doesn't run as smoothly as I'd prefer. …
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Special haftara blessing on Shabbat Chol Hamo'ed Sukkot

of Sukkot"), while the after-blessing for the haftara on Shabbat Chol Hamo'ed Pesach only refers to Shabbat. … Why does the blessing on Shabbat Chol Hamo'ed Sukkot refer to "Chag Hasukkot"? Isn't the term "Chag" in the liturgy generally reserved for the days of Yom Tov and not Chol Hamo'ed? …
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