Sukkot, the Jewish fall harvest festival, lasts from Monday evening, October 13 through Monday evening, October 20.  “Sukkot” means “huts,” and refers to the huts that the biblical Israelites lived in during the wanderings in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt and also evoke images of day-time shelters during the ingathering of crops under the fall harvest moon.  It is customary to eat in the Sukkah and sleep in the Sukkah throughout the holiday.  There are a variety of events happening in the UMBC Sukkah throughout the holiday at which everyone is welcome.

Monday, 10/13
Come decorate the Sukkah throughout the day!
Supper & services in the Sukkah at 6:30 PM
Celebrate the beginning of the holiday retro-style: sit on the ground and eat some yummy Middle Eastern style food.

Tuesday, 10/14
JHOP: Chocolate Chip Pancakes in the Sukkah from 10 AM
Tea with Tanya from 3 PM—schmooze over some tea
Dessert in the Desert at 7 PM—coffee and sweet treats

Wednesday, 10/15
Sushi in the Sukkah at 6 PM
Hookah and the Sukkah at 7 PM
Israeli Dancing 8:30 PM

Thursday, 10/16
Shake Your Lulav! Competition—11 AM until 3 PM
Shakes in the Sukkah: mocktails at 4 PM
Scholars in the Sukkah—Jewish Grad Students at 7:30 PM

Friday, 10/17
JHOP: Chocolate Chip Pancakes in the Sukkah from 11 AM
FYSH (First Year Students of Hillel) and Chips at 3:30 PM
Shabbat Celebration —services and dinner—at 6 PM

Saturday, 10/18
Shabbat lunch at 12 noon
Havdalah Celebration and food at 7:15 PM

Sunday, 10/19
Study in the Sukkah all day!

Monday, 10/20
Pizza in the Hut at 12 noon.