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Sukkot 2026: Sep 26 – Oct 2 — Dates, Sukkah & Traditions

July 16, 2026·caldays editorial

Sukkot 2026 begins at sundown on Friday, September 25, 2026 — the first day falls on Saturday, September 26 — and the festival runs seven days, through Friday, October 2, 2026. Known as the Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths), Sukkot falls on 15 Tishrei 5787, five days after Yom Kippur, and is one of the three biblical pilgrimage festivals.

Quick reference: Sukkot 2026

FieldValue
Begins (erev Sukkot)sundown Friday, September 25, 2026
First daySaturday, September 26, 2026
EndsFriday, October 2, 2026 (Hoshana Rabbah)
Hebrew date15–21 Tishrei 5787
Followed byShemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah (from October 3)
Next yearSukkot 2027 begins Saturday, October 16, 2027

The 2026 fall holiday season at a glance

Sukkot closes the intense Tishrei holiday month of 2026:

  • Rosh Hashanah (new year 5787) — September 12–13, 2026
  • Yom Kippur — September 21, 2026
  • Sukkot — September 26 – October 2, 2026
  • Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah — from October 3, 2026 (diaspora communities continue through October 4)

See Rosh Hashanah 2026 and Yom Kippur 2026 for the earlier dates.

What is a sukkah?

The central mitzvah of the festival: building and dwelling in a sukkah — a temporary hut with a roof of cut plant material (s'chach, often palm fronds or bamboo) through which the stars should be visible. It recalls the temporary shelters the Israelites lived in during the 40 years in the wilderness. For seven days, meals (and for many, sleep) move into the sukkah.

The four species (arba minim)

Each day of Sukkot (except Shabbat), four plants are held and waved together:

  1. Lulav — a closed palm frond
  2. Etrog — a citron fruit
  3. Hadass — myrtle branches
  4. Aravah — willow branches

Together they are waved in six directions, symbolizing that God is everywhere.

How the week unfolds

  • First day(s) — full festival day(s) (yom tov); one day in Israel, two in most diaspora communities (September 26–27, 2026)
  • Chol HaMoed — the intermediate days: work is limited, meals continue in the sukkah, and it is a popular week for family outings in Israel
  • Hoshana Rabbah (21 Tishrei — October 2, 2026) — the seventh day, with seven processions around the synagogue
  • Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah follow immediately, when the annual Torah reading cycle is completed and restarted with dancing

Sukkot 2027

Sukkot 2027 (15 Tishrei 5788) begins on Saturday, October 16, 2027.

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