Rabbi Eli Levitansky, Director of  Chabad at SMC (right) gives Rabbi Julie Pelc, (left) Director of Hillel of SMC, a  "Blessing on the Lulav" at Santa Monica College 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.