Definitions for "Succot"
The word Succot means Tabernacles. Succot is a joyful festival where for a week, some Jews, will build a succah, have their meals in it and perhaps even sleep there. The succah reminds the Jews that life is only for a short period of time, and just like the succah can be damaged by rain and wind, so can their lives be shortened due to bad health or accidents.
Jewish holiday
Literally, "booths" or "huts" in Hebrew; plural of succah. The Fall holiday commemorating the forty years spent by the Jews wandering in the desert before entering the land of Israel. The main ritual of Succot is the construction of huts similar to those in which the Jews lived in the desert, and "dwelling" (which usually means eating and sleeping, weather permitting) in them for a week.