Sukkot Songs and Dances
The festival of Sukkot has four names:
SUKKOT DATES for this year
The most famous and instantly recognised Sukkot song is the late Naomi Shemer's
Shlomit Bonah Sukkah
| Song name |
English title | Is there a dance? Dance details are on each song word page |
|---|---|---|
| Achat Sha'alti Psalm 27 is read every day during the month of Elul and until Shemini Atzeret |
One Thing I Have Asked | Song & dance |
| Asif (E'esof Et Hama'asim) | Harvest | Song & dance |
| Ah Sukkale Ah Kleine (Yiddish) | A Simple Little Sukkah | Song |
| Basukah Shelanu | In Our Sukkah | Song & dance |
| Bonim Sukkah | We Build a Sukkah | Song & dance |
| Chag Asif | Harvest Festival | Song |
| Chag Asif Sameach | Happy Harvest Festival | Song |
| Der Flax Tantz (Yiddish) | The Flax Dance | Dance |
| Even Ma'asu * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
A Cast-Away Stone |
Song |
| Lakotzrim Heydad | Cheers to the Harvesters | Song & dance |
| Hazor'im Bedim'ah / Berinah Yiktzoru | Those Who Sow In Tears | Song & dances |
| Hazor'im Bedim'at Ayin | Those Who Sow in Flowing Tears | |
| Hodu Ladonai * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
Give Thanks to the Lord | Song |
| Keresh Mot | Board and Pole | Song |
| Ki Tavo'u El Ha'aretz * 2nd part based on Ecclesiastes read during Shabbat Sukkot |
And When You Shall Come in to the Land | Song & dance |
| Kol Rina Vishu'a * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
The Sound of Rejoicing | Song & dance |
| Lasukah Sheli | To My Sukkah | Song |
| Lo Amut Ki Echyeh * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
I Shall Not Die, But Live |
Song |
| Mal'u Asameinu Bar | Fill Our Silos With Grain | Song & dance |
| Min Hametzar * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
From The Depths | Song |
| Odecha Ki Aniteni * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
I Shall Praise Thee | Song & dance |
| Orchim Lachag | Holiday Guests | Song |
| Patish Masmer | A Hammer, A Nail | Song & dance |
| Pitchu Li * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
Open to Me | Song |
| Rov Brachot* | Many Blessings | Song & dance |
| Shir Asif | Harvest Song | Song & dance |
| Shir Asif (Perach Bamidbar) | Harvest Song (A Flower in the Desert) | Song |
| Shlomit Bona Sukkah | Shlomit is Bilding a Sukkah | Song & dance |
| Sukat Shalom | A Tabernacle of Peace | Song & dance |
| Sukati Hasukah | My Sukkah is the Sukkah | Song |
| Spread Your Canopy of Peace | ||
| Uzi (Ozi Vezimrat Yah) * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
My Strength | Song & dance |
| Vehitifu Heharim Asis | The Mountains Shall Drop Sweet Wine | Song & dance |
| Vesamachta Bechagecha *Torah portion Shemini Atzeret |
Thou Shalt Rejoice in your Festival | Song & dance |
| Yisrael Yisrael * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
Israel, Israel | Song & dance |
| Song name |
English title | Is there a dance? Dance details are on each song word page |
Links and information about the holiday
Jewish holiday dates for this year and 7 years ahead
Dear readers: All our songs are sent in by volunteers worldwide. If you have corrections, suggestions, extra translations - please write to us
Special thanks to Gary Fox of Portland, Oregon for his help and research -
for this page, for many other pages and for his wonderful friendship.
Gary is co-creator of The Bible Project
