Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish festival that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and many Jews celebrate by eating (and some even sleeping) in a foliage-covered booth (known as a sukkah).
Shemini Atzeret is the 8th day of Sukkot – It is a separate, yet connected, holy day devoted to the spiritual aspects of the festival of Sukkot.
Simchat Torah marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. It is often celebrated in synagogue during evening and morning services.
