The Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot, is a Jewish holiday. We celebrate Sukkot by building temporary dwellings, or tabernacles, and sleeping in them outside for seven days. Each temporary dwelling is called a “sukkah” in Hebrew, hence the festival’s title “Sukkot.”
Sukkot and Israeli Families In today's Israel, Sukkot is about being together. Almost every Biblical holiday is about community, but Sukkot - the Feast of Tabernacles - in particular. God commanded His people to fellowship together and celebrate together as...
The Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot The most festive season of the year in Israel continues! We are approaching Sukkot, also known as the Festival of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles, which lasts an entire week. Preparations for this big...
Feasts of the Lord The Jewish people have kept many of the biblical feasts through the centuries. God established the biblical feasts for His people to observe. And since Israel became an independent nation in 1948, some of the feasts...
A Guide to First Fruits in the Bible The Apostle Paul calls Jesus the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. Thanks to Jesus’ resurrection, we can see the prophetic significance of the three main Jewish holidays. There is...
Temporarily the Israelites dwelled in the desert, the Messiah dwelled in his earthly body, and we dwell in the season we are in. We are promised to one day taste the eternal.