(1)  Student Rabbi Menachem Levitansky from the Chabad House  builds a Sukkot at the Fireside Convalescent Hospital on Thursday, October 8, 2009, during a Sukkot party. A sukkot is an outdoor hut that is covered with vegetation. (2) Levitansky gives a "Blessing on the Lulav" to Mr. Shapiro at the Fireside Convalescent Hospital during Sukkot on Thursday. (3)  Levitansky sings with Fireside Convalescent Hospital's Jewish residents  during a Sukkot party on Thursday, October 8, 2009. (4) Student Rabbi Menachem Levitansky from the Chabad House dances for Fireside Convalescent Hospital's Jewish residents during a Sukkot party on Thursday, October 8, 2009. Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, also known as Sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is harvest festival commemorating the booths in which the Israelites resided during their 40 years in the wilderness, lasting for either 8 or 9 days and beginning on the eve of the 15th of the month.