Building a Sukkah

Celebrating Sukkot in your own sukkah is a uniquely joyful experience. All you need is enthusiasm, a small patch of open sky, and a few basic materials. Our resources show you how to build a sukkah and how to fully enjoy this special tradition.

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DIY Sukkot: Creative Ways to Celebrate
How to Build a Sukkah
"No sukkah should be quite the same"
Eve Lyons
Shelters: What If It's Not Enough?
Why This Sukkah? A Meditation
A multigenerational meditation on why we build the sukkah
Rabbi Lewis John Eron
Balcony Sukkah
No space is too small to build a sukkah!
Rabbi Matan Peled
Sukkah Blessings
Blessings to recite for building the sukkah and dwelling in it
Rachel Barenblat
Building a Family Sukkah
A one-woman project using readily available materials and strategic craft-store and end-of-December purchases
Randi Rose
Sukkah-Construction Diagram
Illustration for a do-it-yourself family sukkah
Randi Rose

DIY Sukkot: Creative Ways to Celebrate

By Shoshana Lovett-Graff

A roundup of creative Sukkot resources more

Tags: sukkah

How to Build a Sukkah

By Eve Lyons

"No sukkah should be quite the same" more

Tags: sukkah

Shelters: What If It's Not Enough?

By Heather Paul

This, I believe, is why the High Holidays are followed immediately by Sukkot, the Festival of Booths. Five days after we acknowledge mortality, Sukkot is a celebration of the temporary. more