In the midst of World War I, two old Jews, Chaim Weizmann and General Edmund Allenby teamed up to ensure that the holiday could be celebrated properly...

Explore Sukkot primary sources from the NLI's collections, answer the questions and discuss different topics with your students!

Explore the various traditions around celebrating the completion of the annual Torah-reading cycle.

In this video, a literature teacher Gal Man-Dror presents one of her favorite primary sources from the National Library: a Simchat Torah's flag from the Conservative movement, printed in 2013.

In these printable pages, you can explore sukkot ('succahs') built as you've never seen them before.

What factors come into play when building a Sukkah, and has the structure changed througout history?

Join us on a fascinating journey through the history of Simchat Torah flags: From the Middle Ages, through the early Zionist movement and to this very day

What can you learn about Jewish life of families in 1867 Germany from peeking into their Sukkah?

Analyze photographs and study classical Jewish texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of the Arba Minim and Sukkot.

Dina talks about primary sources on sukkot

Learn about Sukkot in the past and connect it to how we celebrate Sukkot today.

The only mentions of a sukkah in the Cairo Genizah refer to communal sukkot in synagogue courtyards. A fact that caused quite a bit of trouble.

It is sometimes difficult to picture the places that we read about in the Tanakh. Luckily, there are drawings and photographs which help us to imagine what the places and events described in the Tanakh look like.

Take a look at a family sitting in their sukkah and celebrating sukkot and try to find as many things from the list as you can