The Torah tells us (Deuteronomy ch. 16, end) to be happy at that time. Sukkoth celebrates the Divine protection in the wilderness.
sukkot is the holiday of harvest.
All three of the major Jewish festivals are related to harvest (especially Sukkot). Passover is a thanksgiving to God for the Exodus and the annual barley-harvest, Shavuot is a thanksgiving to God for the Giving of the Torah and the annual wheat-harvest, and Sukkot is a thanksgiving to God for the yearly ingathering of grain.See also the Related Link.The Jewish festivals
Sukkot
No, it is a Jewish festival.
Sukkot is celebrated among Jewish families, and special prayers are added in the synagogue services.
Both are Jewish holidays.
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.
There are around 25 weeks (177 days) between the first day of Passover and the first day of Sukkot.
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."
Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot.
Sukkot is a harvest holiday and is relatively similar to Thanksgiving in the USA (aside from all of the ritual Jewish elements - such as building the the succah and shaking the lulav and etrog.)
ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR, SUKKOT, SHAVUOT and PASSOVER