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Festival of Booths, celebrated starting the 15th of Tishrei. Jews build booths, symbolic of the temporary shelters of the Israelites in the desert. Traditionally, Jews eat and sleep in the sukkah for the duration of the holiday (7 days in Israel and 8 outside of Israel). The lulav (palm frond), willow, myrtle, and etrog are waved together.
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