Q 01/05

Sukkot begins on the 15th day of which Hebrew month?

A) Adar

B) Nisan

C) Tishrei

D) Elul

Answer · why

C) Tishrei

The same month opens with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, so the festival arrives five days after the Day of Atonement.

Q 02/05

For how many days is Sukkot celebrated according to the Torah?

A) Seven

B) Eight

C) Nine

D) Ten

Answer · why

A) Seven

A separate Shabbat-like holiday, Shemini Atzeret, follows immediately afterwards, which is why many people count eight days in practice.

Q 03/05

Sukkot is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals alongside Shavuot and which holiday?

A) Yom Kippur

B) Hanukkah

C) Purim

D) Passover

Answer · why

D) Passover

On all three, Israelites were commanded to travel to the Temple in Jerusalem.

Q 04/05

By what English name is Sukkot also widely known?

A) Feast of Weeks

B) Feast of Tabernacles

C) Feast of Lights

D) Feast of Lots

Answer · why

B) Feast of Tabernacles

'Feast of Booths' is the other common translation; the Torah itself also calls it the Festival of Ingathering.

Q 05/05

What is the Hebrew name for the plant-material roof of a sukkah?

A) Mechitza

B) S'chach

C) Kiddush

D) Hakafot

Answer · why

B) S'chach

Palm fronds, bamboo and pine branches all qualify, as long as they were not previously processed for another use.