Sukkot celebrations in Israel
The week-long holiday commemorates the biblical story of the Israelites 40 years of wandering in the desert and decorated huts are erected outside religious households as a symbol of temporary shelter.
According to the Bible, during the Sukkot holiday, known as the Feast of the Tabernacles, Jews are commanded to bind together a palm frond, or "lulav," with two other branches, along with an "etrog," they make up the "four species" used in holiday rituals.
Thousands of religious Jews travel to Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, or the feast of the Tabernacles, which commemorates the Israelites journey through the desert after their exodus from Egypt.
The Sukkah is built and lived in during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, named for the shelters the Israelites lived in as they wandered the desert for 40 years.