Sukkot became one of the most important feasts in Judaism, as indicated by its designation as "the Feast of the Lord"[REF] or simply "the Feast."[REF]
In the time of Nehemiah, after the Babylonian captivity, the Israelites celebrated Sukkot by making and dwelling in booths, a practice of which Nehemiah reports: "the Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua."[REF]