zman simchateinu, chag haasif, and of course, chag hasukkot!
If you're referring to the 'feast of Sukkot', another word for it is 'tabernacles'
Neither. Jews do not have churches. Sukkot is an outdoor holiday and is celebrated in small huts constructed to specific Rabbinic specifications. These huts (or sukkot whence comes the name) can be in the synagogue's back lot or in a homeowner's backyard.
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.
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.
I think there were at least two places by that name, one in the Sinai and one in Jordan.
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 is celebrated among Jewish families, and special prayers are added in the synagogue services.
Jews do not fast on Sukkot. In fact, fasting is prohibited since Sukkot is a joyful holiday. Although joy is an aspect in every Jewish holiday, Sukkot was specifically singled out by the Bible as a joyous holiday: Deuteronomy (16: 14-15) says, "you will be altogether joyful."
The first day. (The eighth day, which is equally important, is actually not part of Sukkot.)