Originally published in Mircea Eliade (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion (1987), vol. 14, pp. 131-2. SUKKOT is the Hebrew name for the Jewish autumnal festival, also called the Festival of Booths, or Tabernacles. Sukkot begins on the fifteenth day of the month of Tishri and lasts for seven days, followed by an eighth day called ‘Atseret (possibly…