Sukkot, in rabbinic literature; laws and customs of Sukkot; Hoshana rabba; Shemini azeret

Originally published in the Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 15 (1972), pp. 498-502. Sukkot in Rabbinic Literature. Two special observances are mentioned in the Book of Leviticus (Lev. 23: 39-43): that the people should dwell in booths for seven days, so “that your generations may know that I made the Children of Israel to dwell in booths, when…