Talk:Sukkot

Saharane, the kurdish-jewish festival during sukkot

u should expand on it. it is held every year in Israel. Krqftan (talk) 21:59, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Religious significance of the holiday

Would anyone also deem it important to make reference to the general values surrounding Sukkot/why the holiday holds personal significance? The introduction includes many details about the names, history, and practices of Sukkot, but there is nothing in reference to the importance of historical reflection along with the values of community and hospitality. Without it, a reader unfamiliar with the holiday may take an impression from the article that Sukkot is a holiday with obscure historical roots and strange present-day practices without understanding its spiritual importance. RhetoricH&W2022 (talk) 17:05, 3 October 2022 (UTC) RhetoricH&W2022 (talk) 21:08, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I think this is tricky. There could be a "spiritual significance" section, but I have two concerns about it:

1) It would tend to reflect the personal opinion of the Wikipedia editor(s) writing it. I just removed a bit about how Sukkoth represents the rejection of materialism from the intro, both because it didn't belong in the first paragraph and because it only represents a small fraction of those who celebrate the holiday. You want to talk about the values of community and hospitality, but I think that's less common than the materialism bit (hospitality is more explicitly associated with Passover).

2) Looking at the Wikipedia articles for other holidays, I don't see sections on spiritual significance -- maybe the closest is the small "Theological Significance" section for Easter.

If you (or anyone else) do want to write such a section, I'd be careful about sourcing, and maybe specifically reference the streams of Judaism that associate the specific meanings with Sukkoth. Rxtreme (talk) 17:35, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

non-authoritative source

jewishvoice.org is a website for messianic Judaism, which is a sect of Christianity. Much of the information on the website is not accurate in terms of mainstream Judaism, and it should not be used as a source when it comes to topics relevant to Judaism in general. 24.250.22.107 (talk) 18:25, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Caption of the figure of citron etc.

The caption says that the palm frond is left of the myrtle, but the image seems to show the myrtle left of the palm frond. Is that correct? LachlanA (talk) 00:12, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Also, unless it's just the angle, the lulav shown is not assembled correctly. The palm frond should be between the two sockets instead of placed through the one on the right. Is there a better image available? GordonGlottal (talk) 14:17, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

On the English page, חג הסכות, may get displayed as הסכות חג

Depending on the browser's viewport width, on the English page of this article, חג הסכות, may get displayed as  הסכות חג . This issue may extend beyond this particular article. It's because of how Wikipedia or the web browser is performing line wrapping. A workaround could be to include a non-breaking space between the two words, but I don't know how to accomplish that.

In addition to this page, a fix is also likely needed on all pages with RTL text that is mixed with LTR text. 99.165.47.46 (talk) 19:37, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Spelling and pronunciation

In [1] I added to the first line the pronunciation "Sukkos." At least in the U.S., this pronunciation is commonly used among Ashkenazi Jews. It's common for Wikipedia pages to give common pronunciations and alternative names for topics on the first line. And "Sukkos" is far more commonly used that the alternative terms that are also listed ("Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths"). But my addition was reverted in [2]. I would love to see the Ashkenazi pronunciation treated as equal to the given pronunciation and not relegated to a note. TwigsCogito (talk) 17:32, 21 October 2024 (UTC)