Sukkot: Strength + Joy in Togetherness
Sukkot and the holiday’s temporary structures invite us to both recognize our fragility and our strength and joy when we come together.
In 2026, Sukkot begins at sundown on September 25th and ends at sundown on October 2nd.
Sukkot in Community
Discount on Buying Your Own Sukkah
Check Out This Special Discount for the Den Community from our friends @ The Sukkah Project:
Use Code theden26 for 8%, or visit www.sukkot.com/theden26 and the discount will be automatically applied.
(Please note that this code does not apply to sale items, and won't work in conjunction with other coupons)
Order soon to allow time for shipping and building your Sukkah! (Shipping to DMV takes 4-5 days depending on specific location)
Sukkot Learning + Gatherings
Sukkot Art Salon
Tuesday, September 29 • 7pm-9pm
Step into the sukkah for an evening of creativity, connection, and celebration! Join Rabbi Aderet and Den Member + Sacred Facilitator Fellow Heather Brody for hands-on artmaking with watercolors, pastels, collage, and more. No artistic experience needed, just come ready to create and celebrate Sukkot in community. More Details + Sign Up Here.
Sukkot Holiday Meals via OneTable
If you’re looking to host or attend a community meal during Sukkot, you can sign up through OneTable. OneTable provides “financial nourishment” and ritual resources for your meal. Sign up here and please let us know if you are hosting a meal for folks @ the Den!
Resources + Rituals for Your Sukkot Celebrations
Tashlich Ceremony: Created with care by the Den Rabbis. Try it out from the second day of Rosh Hashana and until Hoshana Rabba (10/2). Here’s a brief video on the Tashlich ritual.
DIY Sukkot Activities: From the good folks at Recustom, check out this mix of traditional and reimagined rituals, to guide you through the week of Sukkot.
HIAS Sukkot Resources: More than 82 million refugees and displaced people—from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan, Honduras, Venezuela, Syria and many other countries—wander the earth in search of a safe place to call home. This Sukkot, invite eight of these individuals into your sukkah to tell their stories by placing their photos and accompanying narrative in your Sukkah; download these here.
AJWS Holiday Guide - Explore holiday resources from American Jewish World Service (AJWS), inviting an understanding of the traditions and celebrations of the holidays through a modern lens of justice, freedom, and human rights.
Simchat Torah Cocktails: On Saturday night, 10/3 through Sunday, 10/4, we’ll celebrate the holiday of Simchat Torah. On Simchat Torah, we dance with the Torah Scrolls as if at a wedding, joyously unrolling and re-rolling the Torah so we can begin the Torah-reading cycle anew.
The Blue Dove Foundation has a collection of mental health resources for Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah. Highlights include a Prayer for Rain and Climate Change and Dancing into Forgiveness.
2026/5787 Candle Lighting Times:
Friday, September 25: 1st night of Sukkot (Erev Sukkot), light @ 6:42pm
Saturday, September 26: 2nd festival night, light after 7:38pm
Friday, October 2: Erev Shemini Atzeret, light at 6:31pm
Saturday, October 3: Simchat Torah, light after 7:27pm
Sunday, October 4: Simchat Torah ends, Havdalah at 7:25 pm
Chag Sukkot Sameach – חג סוכות שמח