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Songs and dances
The festival of Sukkot has four names: |
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| Chag Ha Sukkot = Festival of Booths (Tabernacles) | Chag Ha'asif = Holiday of Gathering |
| Zman Simchateinu = Time of Our Joy | Ha'Chag = The Festival |
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? See Dance details in pink box on song words pages |
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| Achat Sha'alti Psalm 27 is read every day during the month of Elul and until Shemini Atzeret |
One Thing I Have Asked | Song and dance | |
| Asif | (E'esof Et Hama'asim) | Harvest | Song and dance |
| Ah Sukkale Ah Kleine (Yiddish) | A Simple Little Sukkah | Song | |
| Basukah Shelanu | In Our Sukkah | Song and dance | |
| Bonim Sukkah | We Build a Sukkah | Song and 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 and dance | |
| Hazor'im Bedim'ah / Berinah Yiktzoru | Those Who Sow In Tears | Song and 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 and dance | |
| Kol Rina Vishu'a * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
The Sound of Rejoicing | Song and 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 and 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 and dance | |
| Orchim Lachag | Holiday Guests | Song | |
| Patish Masmer | A Hammer, A Nail | Song and dances | |
| Pitchu Li * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
Open to Me | Song | |
| Rov Brachot* | Many Blessings | Song and dance | |
| Shir Asif | Harvest Song | Song and dance | |
| Shir Asif (Perach Bamidbar) | Harvest Song (A Flower in the Desert) | Song | |
| Shlomit Bona Sukkah | Shlomit is Bilding a Sukkah | Song and dance | |
| Sukat Shalom | A Tabernacle of Peace | Song and 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 and dance | |
| Vehitifu Heharim Asis | The Mountains Shall Drop Sweet Wine | Song and dance | |
| Vesamachta Bechagecha *Torah portion Shemini Atzeret |
Thou Shalt Rejoice in your Festival | Song and dance | |
| Yisrael Yisrael * From Hallel Prayer said daily during Sukkot |
Israel, Israel | Song and dance | |
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 |
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