Infolive.tv Minute - The People Of Jerusalem Prepare For The Holiday Of Succot

The Jewish holiday of Succot is a Biblical pilgrimage festival that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishri (late September to late October). The holiday lasts 7 days. In Judaism it is one of the three major holidays known collectively as the Shalosh Regalim (the three pilgrim festivals), when historically the Jewish population traveled to pray at the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. In homage to this ancient pilgrimage, Infolive.tv visited the annual Succot “Four Species market” in Jerusalem, where throngs of Jerusalem residents gathered to purchase the four plant species required by Judaism to adorn every “Succah”. The Succot holiday has a dual significance, historical and agricultural. It both a commemoration of the forty-year period the children of Israel wandered in the desert while living in temporary (Succah like) shelters and it is also a celebration of the harvest season. 10/14/08