There are no special sukkot foods, but because the succah is a temporary outdoor living space, some people do enjoy typical outdoor patio cooking. Others just carry food from the kitchen.
Sukkot means either booths or tabernacles. It's also the name of a holiday in which Jews build a Sukkah (sukkot is plural) ... and depending on your tradition --eat, sit, and/or sleep inside it.
Seven.
sukkot is the holiday of harvest.
Simchat Torah is right after Sukkot.
In 2009, Sukkot will be October 3rd to the 9th
It's called a machzor shel sukkot.
Translation: Eid al-Mathal (عيد المظال) or As-Sukkot (السوكوت)
No, there is no requirement to stay in a hotel during Sukkot. In fact, the requirement of Sukkot is that you build a temporary shelter to sleep in.
Sukkot was commanded by God (Leviticus ch.23). The sukkahs we build are to symbolize and commemorate the protection which God gave us in the wilderness. We put our trust in God, not in the walls of our houses.
People (especially the men) sleep in the sukkah at night.
A sukkah is a temporary dwelling that Jews use during the holiday of Sukkot. It must have at least 2 1/2 walls, be at least three feet tall, and be positioned so that all or part of its roof is open to the sky. Many people decorate their sukkahs with streamers and small ornaments. Traditionally, Jews eat meals and sleep in sukkahs during the holiday of Sukkot.
Sukkot is celebrated among Jewish families, and special prayers are added in the synagogue services.