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unusual facts about Sukkot


Brook of Egypt

According to Exodus 13:18-20 the locality from which the Israelites journeyed after departing Egypt was Sukkot.


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Hakhel

When Rabbi Shmuel Salant was Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, he would gather all the Talmud Torah students in front of the Western Wall on the first day of Chol HaMoed Sukkot and read to them the same passages that the king would read at Hakhel.

Moed

# Hagigah: (חגיגה) ("Festival Offering") deals with the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot) and the pilgrimage offering that men were supposed to bring in Jerusalem.


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