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Definition of succah in English: succah(also sukkah) nounˈsʊkəso͞oˈkä A booth in which a practising Jew spends part of Succoth. 棚舍（住棚节时犹太人做临时住宿用的棚屋） Example sentencesExamples - A sukkah has rickety walls and a roof of branches; it doesn't even protect us from the elements.
- Throughout the holiday, we are required to spend as much time as possible in the sukkah, and to treat it as our home.
- Yet for all that, the Jew sitting in his sukkah will look up at the heavens and be at peace.
- And we sit in a sukkah, the tabernacle itself, which is just a shed, a shack, open to the sky, with just a covering of leaves for a roof.
- In the sukkah we eat, drink and sleep, and basically live an ordinary physical life.
OriginLate 19th century: from Hebrew sukkāh 'hut'. Definition of succah in US English: succah(also sukkah) nounso͞oˈkä A temporary shelter covered in natural materials, built near a synagogue or house and used especially for meals during the Jewish festival of Succoth. Example sentencesExamples - A sukkah has rickety walls and a roof of branches; it doesn't even protect us from the elements.
- Yet for all that, the Jew sitting in his sukkah will look up at the heavens and be at peace.
- In the sukkah we eat, drink and sleep, and basically live an ordinary physical life.
- And we sit in a sukkah, the tabernacle itself, which is just a shed, a shack, open to the sky, with just a covering of leaves for a roof.
- Throughout the holiday, we are required to spend as much time as possible in the sukkah, and to treat it as our home.
OriginLate 19th century: from Hebrew sukkāh ‘hut’. |