Tabernacles, Feast of. — One of the three annual festivals of Israel, together with Passover and Pentecost, in which “every male” was to “appear before the Lord God” (Ex. 23:17) in Jerusalem (pilgrimage feast).
The “feast of tabernacles” (Heb. hag ha-sukkôt: Lev. 23:34) was also simply called “the feast” (Ex. 45:25) on account of its popularity and joy, and was regarded as the most “holy” (Philo, De septenario, 10). It was celebrated six full months after Passover, from the 15th to the 21st of Tishri, to which the 22nd of Tishri was added as a