Sukkot

Sukkot in Florida offers an Israeli family joy, community, and a reminder of war - opinion

A family’s Sukkot vacation at Disney World brings joy, but a conversation with an Israeli teenager reveals the lasting toll of wartime life.

|ByBARBARA SOFER
Writer's family in the Magic Kingdom: Matan (L), Ariel (top), Eliana (R), Ye’ela (front); writer at 2nd R.
A memorial ceremony at the Nova festival marking two years since the October 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, murdering more than 1200 people. October 07, 2025.

Nova security received warning of 'trouble on Sukkot' week before October 7, security chief says

"I’ve also heard from the division’s chief warrant officer, who’s hinting to me that there’s going to be trouble during Sukkot,” a guard told Elkana Federman, security chief for the Nova festival.

|ByEINAT MEYRON
Flydubai passenger Uri Pintov onboard flight flight 1073.

In Israel, even fear and grief can become courage, resilience and joy - opinion

Israelis confronted terror, grief and October 7 remembrance with the courage, resilience and humor that define the Israeli spirit.

|ByGIL TROY
Greg Kirkpatrick holds an etrog from Lindcove Ranch, California, which has been run by his family for 60 years. The ranch is the only major commercial grower of kosher etrogs in the United States.

America’s only major etrog grower is in survival mode amid global competition

The Kirkpatrick family, who are not Jewish, began growing etrogs 46 years ago on a small California ranch. Now, they are the only major commercial growers of kosher etrogs in the United States.

|ByLEA LOEB/JTA

Thousands of Christians set to arrive in Jerusalem for Sukkot celebrations

The conference will be held amid “deeply troubling sanctions” against Jews in the West Bank, according to International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s president.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Jews shop at a “Four Species” market outside the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, September 22, 2026.

Sukkot 2026: Yom Kippur reminds us life is short - Sukkot asks what we do with it - opinion

Yom Kippur asks God for life. Sukkot asks what we will do with it and whether we will make our time count.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
A succa in Western Wall

Sukkot 2026: What the sukkah and Four Species teach us about Israeli unity

The sukkah is where we spend much of our time over the holiday, eating our meals, and many sleep in the sukkah when conditions and weather allow. 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByRABBI DAVID STAV
(Illustrative) A woman stands inside a Sukkah, holding a Lulav and Etrog.

Your Investments: The Four Species, unity, and caring for elderly parents

The four species provide an important model for siblings caring for aging parents. Each species has its own role, just as siblings don’t have to contribute in exactly the same way.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByAARON KATSMAN
Jews shop at a “Four Species” market outside the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, September 22, 2026.

Sukkot Guide 2026: Fun family activities in and around Jerusalem

Now it’s up to you to choose which activities your family will enjoy. Whatever you do, you’ll be sure to have fun in Jerusalem this Sukkot!

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByRONIT ANSBACHER, JOANNA SHEBSON
Dead Sea Tourism jeeping.

The women who should enter Israel’s sukkah this Sukkot - opinion

It is not about who receives a ceremonial invitation to enter for one evening, but about what kind of sukkah we build in the first place.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByYIFAT SELA
Prime Minister Golda Meir

Sukkot and Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

See candle lighting times for your area

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shabbat candles

Sukkot 2026: Bend-ability

The sukkah suggests unity through sameness. Everyone sits beneath the same fragile roof, exposed to the same elements.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByMOSHE TARAGIN
BOUND TOGETHER: Morning prayers in Katzrin, Sukkot 2025.

Sukkot 2026: The refined person

The Torah itself emphasizes the idea of hadar in the festival’s central mitzvah, the mitzvah of the Four Species, and even makes it part of the definition of the mitzvah.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
EXAMINING AN ETROG.

Gov't warns against bringing Four Species into Israel without authorization ahead of Sukkot

The warning was issued with special consideration for the situation at Ben-Gurion Airport, which has become a bustling hub, with chaos on the rise. 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026ByMILLA WOLMAN
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and his students hold the Four Species as they attend a morning prayer during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Katzrin, northern Israel, on October 12, 2025.