
סֻכּוֹת .7
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) and Thanksgiving Day
The Jews celebrate this eight-day festival to commemorate the time of the desert wandering, when the Israelites lived in shelters (Leviticus 23: 33-44).
It is also a harvest festival . In addition, it has a future meaning. The prophet Zechariah describes it as an international festival in the days of the Messianic Kingdom, to which "people from all nations" will come to Jerusalem to take part in the Feast of Tabernacles and to worship God (14.16ff) Jews in a makeshift "booth" (sukkah) outside their home, decorated with green branches and colorful garlands.
For messianic Jews and Christians , this festival is an occasion to reflect on the "wandering" of the community of Jesus in the past and to visualize the faithfulness of God, his help and provision. At the same time, the "tabernacle" points to the place of the future present God's way in the New Jerusalem: “Look there, the tent of God with the people! And he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and he himself, God, will be their God "(Revelation 21: 3).





