Sukkot 2024 Valley Center Recap
Shalom Brothers and Sisters in the faith. We had a wonderful time at Sukkot this year, Yah is great and I feel blessed to have everyone who joined us come and fellowship. Looking forward to next year. Beautiful campground, fellowship, studies, food, what more can you ask for? Yah be praised.
What is Sukkot?
Ḥag HaSukkot is commonly translated as Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths and is a seven day feast with an additional eighth day called Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Assembly) at the end of the feast. Sukkot is one of the three pilgrimage feasts of YHVH (the LORD) found in Deuteronomy 16 where all the males were required to go to the temple in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) with an offering for the Most High Elohim (God). The main feature of the feast is that we are commanded to make for ourselves temporary dwellings out of the vegetation of the land, also called a Sukkah, and dwell in them for seven days. The first day and the eighth day of the feast are Shabbaton (Holy Days) which are treated as a Shabbat with the exception that cooking is allowed. This festival is celebrated during the 7th biblical month from the 15th day to the 21st day of the month usually occurring in September or October.
In the diaspora, with the temple destroyed, we are celebrating and practicing this feast in honor of the commanded gathering of YHVH with the anticipation of celebrating it with our Messiah Yeshua at Yerushalayim in the new kingdom from heaven to come.
In the diaspora, with the temple destroyed, we are celebrating and practicing this feast in honor of the commanded gathering of YHVH with the anticipation of celebrating it with our Messiah Yeshua at Yerushalayim in the new kingdom from heaven to come.
Scriptures about Sukkot:
Leviticus 23:34-36
Speak to the children of Yisrael, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh new moon is the Festival of Sukkot for seven days to YHVH. ‘On the first day is a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work. ‘For seven days you bring an offering made by fire to YHVH. On the eighth day there shall be a set-apart gathering for you, and you shall bring an offering made by fire to YHVH. It is a closing festival, you do no servile work.
Leviticus 23:39-44
‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh new moon, when you gather in the fruit of the land, celebrate the festival of YHVH for seven days. On the first day is a rest, and on the eighth day a rest. ‘And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of good trees, branches of palm trees, twigs of leafy trees, and willows of the stream, and shall rejoice before YHVH your Elohim for seven days. ‘And you shall celebrate it as a festival to YHVH for seven days in the year – a law forever in your generations. Celebrate it in the seventh new moon. ‘Dwell in booths for seven days; all who are native born in Yisrael dwell in booths, so that your generations know that I made the children of Yisrael dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim. I am YHVH your Elohim.’ ” Thus did Mosheh speak of the appointed times of YHVH to the children of Yisrael.
Deuteronomy 16:13-17
Perform the Festival of Sukkot for seven days after the ingathering from your threshing-floor and from your winepress, and you shall rejoice in your festival, you and your son and your daughter, and your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates. “For seven days you shall celebrate to YHVH your Elohim in the place which YHVH chooses, because YHVH your Elohim does bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be only rejoicing! Three times a year all your males appear before YHVH your Elohim in the place which He chooses: at the Festival of Matzot (Unleavened Bread), and at the Festival of Shavuot (Weeks), and at the Festival of Sukkot (Booths). And none should appear before YHVH empty-handed, but each one with the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of YHVH your Elohim which He has given you.
Nehemiah 8:14-18
And they found written in the Torah, which YHVH had commanded by Mosheh, that the children of Yisrael should dwell in booths in the festival of the seventh new moon, and that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Yerushalayim, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” So the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the roof of his house, and in their courtyards and in the courtyards of the House of Elohim, and in the open space of the Water Gate and in the open space of the Gate of Ephrayim. And the entire assembly of those who had come back from the captivity made booths and sat under the booths, for since the days of Yeshua son of Nun until that day the children of Yisrael had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing. And day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Torah of Elohim. And they performed the festival seven days. And on the eighth day there was an assembly, according to the right-ruling.
Zechariah 14:16-19 (End times prophecy)
And it shall be that all who are left from all the nations which came up against Yerushalayim, shall go up from year to year to bow themselves to the Sovereign, YHVH of hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot. And it shall be, that if anyone of the clans of the earth does not come up to Yerushalayim to bow himself to the Sovereign, YHVH of hosts, on them there is to be no rain. And if the clan of Mitsrayim does not come up and enter in, then there is no rain. On them is the plague with which YHVH plagues the nations who do not come up to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot. This is the punishment of Mitsrayim and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot.
Speak to the children of Yisrael, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh new moon is the Festival of Sukkot for seven days to YHVH. ‘On the first day is a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work. ‘For seven days you bring an offering made by fire to YHVH. On the eighth day there shall be a set-apart gathering for you, and you shall bring an offering made by fire to YHVH. It is a closing festival, you do no servile work.
Leviticus 23:39-44
‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh new moon, when you gather in the fruit of the land, celebrate the festival of YHVH for seven days. On the first day is a rest, and on the eighth day a rest. ‘And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of good trees, branches of palm trees, twigs of leafy trees, and willows of the stream, and shall rejoice before YHVH your Elohim for seven days. ‘And you shall celebrate it as a festival to YHVH for seven days in the year – a law forever in your generations. Celebrate it in the seventh new moon. ‘Dwell in booths for seven days; all who are native born in Yisrael dwell in booths, so that your generations know that I made the children of Yisrael dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim. I am YHVH your Elohim.’ ” Thus did Mosheh speak of the appointed times of YHVH to the children of Yisrael.
Deuteronomy 16:13-17
Perform the Festival of Sukkot for seven days after the ingathering from your threshing-floor and from your winepress, and you shall rejoice in your festival, you and your son and your daughter, and your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates. “For seven days you shall celebrate to YHVH your Elohim in the place which YHVH chooses, because YHVH your Elohim does bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be only rejoicing! Three times a year all your males appear before YHVH your Elohim in the place which He chooses: at the Festival of Matzot (Unleavened Bread), and at the Festival of Shavuot (Weeks), and at the Festival of Sukkot (Booths). And none should appear before YHVH empty-handed, but each one with the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of YHVH your Elohim which He has given you.
Nehemiah 8:14-18
And they found written in the Torah, which YHVH had commanded by Mosheh, that the children of Yisrael should dwell in booths in the festival of the seventh new moon, and that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Yerushalayim, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” So the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the roof of his house, and in their courtyards and in the courtyards of the House of Elohim, and in the open space of the Water Gate and in the open space of the Gate of Ephrayim. And the entire assembly of those who had come back from the captivity made booths and sat under the booths, for since the days of Yeshua son of Nun until that day the children of Yisrael had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing. And day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Torah of Elohim. And they performed the festival seven days. And on the eighth day there was an assembly, according to the right-ruling.
Zechariah 14:16-19 (End times prophecy)
And it shall be that all who are left from all the nations which came up against Yerushalayim, shall go up from year to year to bow themselves to the Sovereign, YHVH of hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot. And it shall be, that if anyone of the clans of the earth does not come up to Yerushalayim to bow himself to the Sovereign, YHVH of hosts, on them there is to be no rain. And if the clan of Mitsrayim does not come up and enter in, then there is no rain. On them is the plague with which YHVH plagues the nations who do not come up to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot. This is the punishment of Mitsrayim and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot.
Sukkot 2023 Menifee Recap
All praise to the Most High for His provision and a great feast this year. Special thank you to David and The Way Fellowship for joining us this year and spending this set-part time together. What an awesome and blessed time we had and I can't wait for next year. Thank you to everyone who contributed their time and efforts to serving the congregation and the children's events. Thank you to everyone who came and who made the feast so enjoyable. We are commanded to rejoice during Sukkot and we have fulfilled that commandment. Shalom.
Sukkot 2022 Valley Center Recap
Praise Yah for a wonderful, fulfilling Sukkot. Thank you to everyone who came and made Sukkot a memorable and loving experience. We had a great time and I can't wait until next year. Thank you to all who contributed their time and effort to put together studies, set up, clean up, make crafts, organize children's activities, put together the women's meeting, and all the other hard word it takes to make Sukkot a success. All praise to the Most High for His provision.
Sukkot 2021 Oceanside Recap
Thank you everyone who was able to attend this year. Being able to gather in Yah's name with the Brothers and Sisters is amazing. Praise our heavenly Father for the revelations and provision He gives. What a blessing it is to be called to His glorious kingdom. This year we read through then entire Torah for the sh'mita year, thank you to all our readers and listeners who helped carry out that commandment. That was not an easy undertaking, but what a blessing it was to hear so much of Elohim's word in one event.
Sukkot 2020 Oceanside Recap
I know we say this every year, but that was the best Sukkot ever, Praise Yah! Thank you for everyone who came and contributed to a wonderful time. The music, the food, the people, the studies; so much fun. Yah willing, next year will not be as hectic with finding a location. As of now, we are planning on going back to Guajome since it is such a nice park and so close to us in North County.
Sukkot 2019 San Diego Recap
Shalom everyone. Thank you to everyone who was able to come out and/or visit us. It is such a joy to be privileged enough to fellowship with the believers in the Torah and Yeshua for a whole week! Praise Yah! We had a wonderful time, I can't wait until next year.
Once the new year is established I will be updating this page with the registration information for next year. We will most likely be going to the same location at the Pio Pico Thousand Trails but stand by for updates.
If you are so blessed to be able to take off work, join us for the whole week, it is so much fun putting off the cares of this world and living with the Brothers and Sisters in Messiah. Have a blessed year and walk with Yah.
Once the new year is established I will be updating this page with the registration information for next year. We will most likely be going to the same location at the Pio Pico Thousand Trails but stand by for updates.
If you are so blessed to be able to take off work, join us for the whole week, it is so much fun putting off the cares of this world and living with the Brothers and Sisters in Messiah. Have a blessed year and walk with Yah.
Sukkot 2018 Menifee Recap
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Wow! I didn't think we could top last year, but this year was even better! Praise Yah for his continued guidance and protection over our ministry. Thank you to everyone who was able to come out and camp with us and thank you to all the visitors. We didn't always stay on schedule but we accomplished most of what we set out to do and we have some lessons learned that we can incorporate into next year. I can't wait already! It is hard to go back to the world after being with the brothers and sisters for so long. Below are some pictures and hopefully I can get a video put together in the next few weeks. All praise to the most high Elohim!
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Sukkot 2017 San Diego Recap
Wow! What an amazing time we had at Sukkot this year. Praise Yah! It fills my heart with joy to be around so many Torah observant followers of the Messiah. I didn't want it to be over. But alas, the season is past and it is time to look forward to next year. Thank you to everyone who was able to come out. If you were not able to make it for any reason here are some pictures and a video to give you an idea what went on in the wilderness of Jamul. Hopefully you can visit next year, Yah willing.
