Tent ‫אֹהֶ ל‬
Tents ‫אֹהָ לִים‬
Sukka ‫סֻ כָה‬
Sukkot ‫סֻ כֹות‬
(Different things)
‫את‬
The purpose is to
remind us of the time
we spent in the wilderness
with Yahweh.
‫את‬
Passover = Pack your bags, be ready to go.
Pentecost = Receiving instruction
Tabernacles = A picture of life in the
millennium (a celebration party).
Torah instructions
vs.
Rabbinic traditions
Rabbinical rulings:
“Orthodox Judaism considers watering
plants (even accidentally) a violation of the
Sabbath. For this reason, some sources
recommend putting flooring down if
a sukkah is constructed on grass,
in case of spilled drinks.”
Spring Feasts: (1, 7)
Passover 1, ULB 7
Fall Feasts: (7, 1)
Sukkot (Tabernacles) 7,
Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day) 1
(mirror image of the shadow picture)
Spring Feasts:
Passover: Israel stays in their houses for
protection from ‘Death Angel’
Fall Feasts:
Sukkot: Israel dwells in sukkot
for protection from the world
Rabbinical Tradition:
Sukkot appear in Scripture
whenever YHWH’s people have
just escaped mortal danger
Esau came out to kill Israel (Jacob)
B’reisheet (Genesis) 33:1-2
33:1 Now Yaakov (Jacob) lifted his eyes
and looked, and there, Esau was coming,
and with him were four hundred men.
So he divided the children among Leah,
Rachel, and the two maidservants….
Esau came out to kill Israel (Jacob)
B’reisheet (Genesis) 33:15-16
15 And Esau said, "Now let me leave with
you some of the people who are with me."
But he said, "What need is there? Let me
find favor in the sight of my adon."
16 So Esau returned that day
on his way to Seir.
B’reisheet (Genesis) 33:17
17 But Jacob journeyed to Sukkot, built
himself a house, and made booths for his
livestock. Therefore the name of the place
is called Sukkot.
‫( וְ ַי ֲעקֹב נָסַ ע סֻ כ ָֹתה ַויִבֶ ן לֹו בָ יִת | ּול ְִמ ְקנֵהּו‬17)
‫עָ שָ ה סֻ כֹת עַ ל כֵן ָק ָרא שֵ ם הַ מָ קֹום סֻ כֹות‬
(booths/sukkot used interchangeably)
Rabbinical Tradition:
Israel also dwells in sukkot
after being freed from bondage.
(i.e., sukkot are a place of freedom.)
Shemote (Exodus) 12:36-38
36 And YHWH had given the people favor
in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they
granted them what they requested.
Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
Shemote (Exodus) 12:36-38
37 Then the children of Israel journeyed
from Rameses to Sukkot, about six hundred
thousand men on foot, besides children.
38 A mixed multitude went up with them
also, and flocks and herds —
a great deal of livestock.
Rabbinical Tradition:
According to tradition, a sukka:
-very flimsy
-affords little protection
(animals, weather, enemies)
Jewish Tradition:
Purpose of dwelling in sukkot:
is to remind us that
YHWH is our only
real protection
Romim (Romans) 8:31
31 What then shall we say to these things?
If Elohim is for us, who can be against us?
(If YHWH protects us,
we are safe in a sukka)
Tehillim (Psalms) 46:1
46:1 Elohim is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
If YHWH is not for us,
who cares how strong the fortress?
If YHWH is with us, even a flimsy sukka
gives shelter
Jewish Tradition:
Yom Teruah: Judgment (danger)
Yom Kippur: Judgment (danger)
Sukkot: Israel dwells in a place of safety
and freedom
(and therefore, rejoicing)
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:13-17
13 "You shall observe the
Feast of Tabernacles seven days,
when you have gathered from your
threshing floor and from your winepress.
(First tithe)
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:13-17
14 And you shall rejoice in your feast, you
and your son and your daughter, your male
servant and your female servant and the
Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and
the widow, who are within your gates.
(Third tithe for the poor,
Two years in seven)
The Second Tithe was so the people could
go up to Jerusalem three times a year,
and buy gifts (make it a joy).
Tithe
Purpose
First Tithe
Support Priesthood
Second Tithe
For the People
(Travel, Gifts)
Poor, Widow, Orphan
(2 years in 7)
Third Tithe
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:15-17
15 Seven days you shall keep a set-apart
feast to YHWH your Elohim in the place
which YHWH chooses, because YHWH
your Elohim will bless you in all your
produce and in all the work of your hands,
so that you surely rejoice.
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:15-17
16 "Three times a year all your males shall
appear before YHWH your Elohim in the
place which He chooses: at the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks,
and at the Feast of Tabernacles;
and they shall not appear before YHWH
empty-handed.
(second tithe pays for the trip)
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:15-17
17 “Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of YHWH your
Elohim which He has given you.”
(1. Support the priesthood
2. Children have fun
3. Poor, widows, orphans [years 3, 6])
Tithes are not mandatory in the Renewed
Covenant, but the principle is
that we should be eager to help
further Yahweh’s work.
(Great Commission, Fivefold.)
Sukkot: Seven days
Shemini Atzeret: One day
Eight days total
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
33 Then YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying,
34 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
'The fifteenth day of this seventh month
shall be the Feast of Sukkot
for seven days to YHWH.
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
35 On the first day there shall be a
set-apart gathering. You shall do
no customary work on it.
‫) בַ יֹום הָ ִראשֹון ִמ ְק ָרא קֹדֶ ש‬35(
‫כָל ְמלֶאכֶת ֲעבֹדָ ה ל ֹא ַתעֲשּו‬
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
36 For seven days you shall offer an
offering made by fire to YHWH.
On the eighth day you shall have a setapart gathering, and you shall offer an
offering made by fire to YHWH.
It is a set-apart assembly,
and you shall do no customary work on it.
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
37 'These are the feasts of YHWH which
you shall proclaim to be
set-apart gatherings (‫)מ ְק ָר ֵאי קֹדֶ ש‬,
ִ
to offer an offering made by fire to YHWH,
a burnt offering and a grain offering,
a sacrifice and drink offerings,
everything on its day, ׁ
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
38 besides the Sabbaths of YHWH,
besides your gifts,
besides all your vows,
and besides all your freewill offerings which
you give to YHWH.
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
39 'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh
month, when you have gathered in the fruit
of the land, you shall keep the feast of
YHWH for seven days;
on the first day there shall be a sabbathrest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest.
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
40 And you shall take for yourselves
on the first day;
a. the fruit of beautiful trees (etrog),
b. branches of palm trees,
c. the boughs of leafy trees (myrtle),
d. and willows of the brook;
and you shall rejoice before YHWH your
Elohim for seven days.
Rabbinic Interpretation
a. the fruit of beautiful trees = etrog,
b. branches of palm trees = lulav,
c. the boughs of leafy trees = myrtle,
d. and willows of the brook = willow
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
41 You shall keep it as a feast to YHWH
for seven days in the year.
It shall be a statute forever in your
generations. You shall celebrate it in the
seventh month.
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
42 You shall dwell in booths for seven
days. All who are native Israelites shall
dwell in booths,
‫) בַ סֻ כֹת ֵת ְשבּו ִשבְ עַ ת י ִָמים‬42(
‫כָל הָ ֶאזְ ָרח בְ י ְִש ָר ֵאל י ְֵשבּו בַ סֻ כֹת‬
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
43 that your generations may know that I
made the children of Israel dwell in booths
when I brought them out of the land of
Egypt: I am YHWH your Elohim.'"
‫) לְמַ עַ ן י ְֵדעּו ֹדר ֵֹתיכֶם כִ י בַ סֻ כֹות הֹושַ בְ ִתי ֶאת‬43(
‫אֹותם מֵ ֶא ֶרץ ִמצְ ָריִם | אֲ נִי‬
ָ ‫יאי‬
ִ ִ‫בְ נֵי י ְִש ָר ֵאל בְ הֹוצ‬
‫יְהוָה אֱ ֹלהֵ יכֶם‬
‫ישב‬
OT:3427 yashab; a primitive root; properly,
to sit down (specifically as judge. in
ambush, in quiet);
by implication, to dwell, to remain;
causatively, to settle, to marry:
Interpretation:
How do we ‘dwell’ in sukkot?
(How do we ‘rest’ on Shabbat?)
Blowing the shofar:
3 Blow in the New Moon Day
a shofar, in the keseh
on the day of our pilgrimage feast.
| ‫) ִת ְקעּו בַ חֹדֶ ש שֹופָר‬4(
ּ‫בַ כֵסֶ ה לְיֹום חַ גֵנו‬
‘Keseh’ is disputed:
OT:3677 (keh-seh);
apparently from OT:3680;
properly, fullness or the full moon, i.e.
its festival: KJV - (time) appointed.
OT:3680 kacah (kaw-saw'); a primitive
root; properly, to plump,
i.e. fill up hollows; by implication,
to cover (for clothing or secrecy*):
KJV - cladself, close, clothe, conceal,
cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
Compare OT:3780.
(cannot be new moon, because it must be ‘plump’)
OT:3780 kasah (kaw-saw');
a primitive root;
to grow fat (i.e. be covered with flesh):
KJV - be covered. Compare OT:3680.
(so what does this mean?)
Blowing the shofar:
3 Blow in the New Moon Day
a shofar, in the plump moon,
on the day of our pilgrimage feast.
| ‫) ִת ְקעּו בַ חֹדֶ ש שֹופָר‬4(
‫בַ כֵסֶ ה לְיֹום חַ גֵנּו‬
My Interpretation:
Blow the shofar
On the pilgrimage festivals
When the moon is ‘plump’,
(i.e., on Passover and 1 Sukkot)
And on the New Moons.
| ‫) ִת ְקעּו בַ חֹדֶ ש שֹופָר‬4(
‫בַ כֵסֶ ה לְיֹום חַ גֵנּו‬
Rabbinical Traditions:
Nehemiah 8:13-18
13 Now on the second day the heads of the
fathers' houses of all the people, with the
priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra
the scribe, in order to understand the words
of the Torah.
Rabbinical Traditions:
Nehemiah 8:13-18
14 And they found written in the Torah,
which YHWH had commanded by Moshe,
that the children of Israel should dwell in
sukkot during the feast of the seventh
month,
Nehemiah 8:13-18
15 and that they should announce and
proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem,
saying, "Go out to the mountain, and bring
olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle
branches, palm branches, and branches of
leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.“
(different species)
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-44
40 And you shall take for yourselves
on the first day;
a. the fruit of beautiful trees (etrog),
b. branches of palm trees,
c. the boughs of leafy trees (myrtle),
d. and willows of the brook;
and you shall rejoice before YHWH your
Elohim for seven days.
Leviticus 23
Nehemiah
Fruit of beautiful trees (etrog)
‫פְ ִרי עֵ ץ הָ דָ ר‬
Olive branches
‫ֲע ֵלי ַזיִת‬
Branches of palm trees
‫כַ פֹת ְתמָ ִרים‬
Branches of oil trees
‫ַו ֲע ֵלי עֵ ץ שֶ מֶ ן‬
Boughs of leafy trees
‫וַ ֲענַף עֵ ץ עָ בֹת‬
Myrtle branches
‫וַ עֲלֵ י הֲ דַ ס‬
Willows of the brook
‫ְעַ ְרבֵ י נָחַ ל‬
Palm branches
‫ַו ֲע ֵלי ְתמָ ִרים‬
Branches of leafy trees
‫ַו ֲע ֵלי עֵ ץ עָ בֹת‬
Not exactly right,
but better than before
(It was an improvement).
Nehemiah 8:13-18
16 Then the people went out and brought
them and made themselves booths, each
one on the roof of his house, or in their
courtyards or the courts of the house of
Elohim, and in the open square of the
Water Gate and in the open square of the
Gate of Ephraim.
Nehemiah 8:13-18
17 So the whole assembly of those
who had returned from the captivity
made booths and sat under the booths;
for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun
until that day the children of Israel had not
done so.
And there was very great gladness.
Nehemiah 8:13-18
18 Also day by day,
from the first day until the last day,
he read from the Book of the Torah of
Elohim. And they kept the feast seven
days; and on the eighth day there was a
set-apart assembly, according to the
prescribed manner.
(In accordance with Deuteronomy 31)
Sukkot in wilderness
vs.
Sukkot in cities
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:10-13
10 And Moshe commanded them, saying:
"At the end of every seven years,
at the appointed time (mo’ed)
in the year of release (Shemittah),
at the Feast of Tabernacles,
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:10-13
11 when all Israel comes to appear before
YHWH your Elohim in the place which He
chooses, you shall read this Torah
(i.e., Deuteronomy) before all Israel
in their hearing.
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:10-13
12 Gather the people together,
men and women and little ones,
and the stranger who is within your gates,
that they may hear and that they may learn
to fear YHWH your Elohim and carefully
observe all the words of this Torah,
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:10-13
13 and that their children, who have not
known it, may hear and learn to fear YHWH
your Elohim as long as you live in the land
which you cross the Jordan to possess.”
Ezra read from the Torah:
-may indicate that they knew it was a
sabbatical year,
-or it may have been a random start point.
(We don’t know.)
Nisuch HaMayim (‫)נסוך המים‬,
(or the ‘pouring of the water.’)
Yochanan (John) 7:37-41
37 On the last day, that great day of the
feast, Yeshua stood and cried out, saying,
"If anyone thirsts,
let him come to Me and drink!
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture
has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of
living water!"
Nisuch HaMayim (‫)נסוך המים‬,
(or the ‘pouring of the water.’)
Yochanan (John) 7:37-41
39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit,
whom those believing in Him would receive;
for the Set-apart Spirit was not yet given,
because Yeshua was not yet glorified.
Nisuch HaMayim (‫)נסוך המים‬,
(or the ‘pouring of the water.’)
Yochanan (John) 7:37-41
40 Therefore many from the crowd, when
they heard this saying, said,
"Truly this is the Prophet."
41 Others said, "This is the Messiah.”
MISHNAH. HE 39 WHO HAS NOT SEEN THE
REJOICING AT THE PLACE OF THE WATERDRAWING HAS NEVER SEEN REJOICING IN
HIS LIFE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
FIRST FESTIVAL DAY OF TABERNACLES
THEY 40 DESCENDED 41 TO THE COURT OF
THE WOMEN 42 WHERE THEY HAD MADE A
GREAT ENACTMENT.
43 THERE WERE THERE GOLDEN
CANDLESTICKS WITH FOUR GOLDEN BOWLS
ON THE TOP OF EACH OF THEM AND FOUR
LADDERS 44 TO EACH, AND FOUR YOUTHS
DRAWN FROM THE PRIESTLY STOCK IN
WHOSE HANDS WERE HELD JARS OF OIL
CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
LOG WHICH THEY POURED INTO THE
BOWLS. 45
FROM THE WORN-OUT DRAWERS AND
GIRDLES OF THE PRIESTS THEY MADE
WICKS AND WITH THEM THEY KINDLED THE
LAMPS; AND 46 THERE WAS NOT A
COURTYARD IN JERUSALEM THAT WAS NOT
ILLUMINED BY THE LIGHT OF THE PLACE OF
THE WATER-DRAWING.
MEN OF PIETY AND GOOD DEEDS 47 USED
TO DANCE BEFORE THEM
Yochanan (John) 8:12
12 Then Yeshua spoke to them again,
saying, "I am the light of the world!
He who follows Me shall not walk in
darkness, but have the light of life."
Sukkot represents us
(His temple / body).
Sukkot represents us:
Ma’asei (Acts) 15:12-17
14 “Shimon (Kepha) has declared how
Elohim at the first visited the Gentiles to
take out of them a people for His name.
Ma’asei (Acts) 15:12-17
15 And with this the words of the prophets
agree, just as it is written [Amos 9:11-12]:
16 'After this I will return,
and will rebuild the Tabernacle of David,
which has fallen down. I will rebuild its
ruins, and I will set it up;
(quoting Amos 9:11)
Amos 9:11-12
11 "On that day I will raise up the
Tabernacle of David, which has fallen
down, and repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
Amos 9:11-12
12 That they may possess the remnant of
Edom [Ishmael], and all the Gentiles
[Ephraimites] who are called by My name,"
Says YHWH who does this thing.
Evangel
Evangel
Evangel
Evangel
Evangel
Teacher
Teacher
Teacher
Teacher
Teacher
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Prophet
Prophet
Prophet
Prophet
Prophet
Apostle
Apostle
Apostle
Apostle
Yeshua
Future Sukkot:
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-6
1 And in that day seven women shall take
hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our
own food and wear our own apparel, only
let us be called by your name, to take away
our reproach."
Future Sukkot:
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-6
2 In that day the Branch of YHWH shall be
beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the
earth shall be excellent and appealing for
those of Israel who have escaped.
Future Sukkot:
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-6
3 And it shall come to pass that he who is
left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be
called set-apart — everyone who is
recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
Future Sukkot:
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-6
4 When YHWH has washed away the filth
of the daughters of Zion,
and purged the blood of Jerusalem
from her midst,
by the spirit of judgment
and by the spirit of burning,
Future Sukkot:
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-6
5 then YHWH will create above every
dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above
her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day
and the shining of a flaming fire by night.
For over all the glory there will be a
covering.
Future Sukkot:
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-6
6 And there will be a tabernacle
for shade in the daytime from the heat,
for a place of refuge,
and for a shelter from storm and rain.
‫) וְ סֻ כָה ִת ְהיֶה לְצֵ ל יֹומָ ם מֵ ח ֶֹרב‬6(
‫ּוממָ טָ ר‬
ִ ‫ּולְמַ ְחסֶ ה ּול ְִמ ְסתֹור ִמז ֶֶרם‬
Future Sukkot:
Zechariah 14:16-19
16 And it shall come to pass that everyone
who is left of all the nations which came
against Jerusalem shall go up from year to
year to worship the King, YHWH of hosts,
and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
Future Sukkot:
Zechariah 14:16-19
17 And it shall be that whichever of the
families of the earth do not come up to
Jerusalem to worship the King,
YHWH of hosts,
on them there will be no rain.
Future Sukkot:
Zechariah 14:16-19
18 If the family of Egypt will not come up
and enter in, they shall have no rain; they
shall receive the plague with which YHWH
strikes the nations who do not come up to
keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
Future Sukkot:
Zechariah 14:16-19
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt
and the punishment of all the nations that
do not come up to keep the Feast of
Tabernacles.
Future Sukkot:
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 45:25
25 "In the seventh month,
on the fifteenth day of the month,
at the feast, he [the prince] shall do likewise
for seven days,
according to the sin offering, the burnt
offering, the grain offering, and the oil."
The Time of Our Joy:
Luqa (Luke) 2:6-11
6 So it was, that while they were there, the
days were completed for her to be
delivered.
The Time of Our Joy:
Luqa (Luke) 2:6-11
7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son,
and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and
laid Him in a manger (sukka), because
there was no room for them in the inn.
Luqa (Luke) 2:6-11
8 Now there were in the same country
shepherds living out in the fields, keeping
watch over their flock by night.
9 And behold, a messenger of YHWH stood
before them, and the glory of YHWH shone
around them, and they were greatly afraid.
Luqa (Luke) 2:6-11
10 Then the messenger said to them,
"Do not be afraid, for behold,
I bring you good tidings of great joy
which will be to all people.
11 For there is born to you this day in the
city of David a Savior,
who is Messiah YHWH.
The Time of Our Joy:
Mattityahu (Matthew) 2:7-12
7 Then Herod, when he had secretly called
the wise men, determined from them what
time the star appeared.
Mattityahu (Matthew) 2:7-12
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said,
"Go and search carefully
for the young Child,
and when you have found Him,
bring back word to me,
that I may come and worship Him also."
Mattityahu (Matthew) 2:7-12
9 When they heard the king, they departed;
and behold, the star which they had seen in
the East went before them, till it came and
stood over where the young Child was.
10 When they saw the star,
they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
Hitgalut (Revelation) 21:3
3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven
saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of Elohim is
with men, and He will dwell with them, and
they shall be His people. Elohim Himself
will be with them and be their Elohim.