How to Use sukkah in a Sentence

sukkah

noun
  • Amiot used a lighter to set fire to a sukkah, a separate structure, police said.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Women can, therefore, recite the blessings when eating in the sukkah.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • For this holiday, a temporary hut called a sukkah is constructed for use.
    — Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The Hebrew word for 'hut' is 'sukkah' and more than one sukkah is Sukkot, which is how the holiday gets its name.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Some Jews don't work on the first two days of Sukkot, and many will try to eat or even sleep inside their sukkah at some time during the holiday.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2021
  • For this holiday, a temporary hut called a sukkah is constructed for use, especially for meals.
    — Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • In a typical year, the rooftop sukkah could accommodate 180 people.
    — Shira Hanau, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Rovner is sitting on her patio, shaded by a sukkah, a traditional shelter consisting of a fabric roof held up by tree-branch poles.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2021
  • There was Purell at the sukkah’s entrance, and taco salad and gefilte fish in takeout containers; the attendees, who wore masks and sat far apart, drank rosé out of cans.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Volunteers will also build a sukkah together with refugees and lead programming during the Sukkot holiday.
    — Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022
  • But this year’s weeklong holiday of Sukkot, marks the first time that a sukkah was built on public grounds with funding from the local municipality.
    — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Many of the sukkah decorations in our guide, from garlands to decorative fruit, are versatile staples that can be used (and re-used) in different ways within your sukkah.
    — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 24 Aug. 2023
  • South Florida Jewish college students celebrated Sukkot by having sushi in the sukkah.
    — Sergio Carmona, Jewish Journal, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Authorities say Amiot used a lighter to ignite a pile of combustible materials outside the main building, near a separate religious structure called a sukkah.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Jews and non-Jews are able to enjoy cultural programming from Limmud Mallorca, including lectures in the sukkah and tours of the area, over the course of two weeks.
    — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Authorities say Amiot used a lighter to ignite combustible materials outside the main building, near a separate religious structure called a sukkah.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Hillel at Miami University posted surveillance video on social media showing the incident where its sukkah was flipped on its side.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The fire started in a sukkah, a temporary structure erected outside the synagogue each year for the Sukkot celebration, and the flames quickly spread to the synagogue, officials said.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2019
  • After Yom Kippur, the planning of the construction of the sukkah (a walled structure covered with organic material) gets underway.
    — Krys'tal Griffin, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the protesters built a sukkah on the sidewalk, a small hut to mark the Jewish festival of Sukkot, which celebrates hospitality and sanctuary.
    — Jeff Gammage, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The holiday of Sukkot begins five days after Yom Kippur and is named after the huts, or sukkah, that represent the shelters that freed Jews used in their 40 years in the wilderness.
    — Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Last week, the community erected a temporary outdoor hut in the backyard called a sukkah, marking the weeklong Jewish festival of Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles.
    — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The community is invited to meet under the sukkah (temporary shelter) for festivities including farm tours, Kid Zone, crafts by local Jewish artists, live entertainment, and food and drink for purchase.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The seventh annual event was held in the sukkah of Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi, who launched the initiative in 2016 to bring together ordinary people from both sides who seek true coexistence.
    — Josh Hasten, Sun Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2022

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