Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles/Booths, celebrates the autumn harvest. Any dish incorporating the harvest of one’s own region is appropriate for Sukkot, but particularly those which feature a number of ingredients within, like stuffed vegetables, fruits, and main-dish pies - miniature cornucopia symbolizing the plenty with which we have been blessed and for which we hope throughout the coming new year. This concept is seen in the Ashkenazic tradition of serving kreplach or stuffed cabbage during this holiday and the Sephardic tradition of serving couscous, with its accompanying variety of vegetables and toppings. In cooler climates, baked casseroles or hearty one-pot meals are especially favored, since it is convenient to ferry them to the sukkah, the temporary hut constructed to symbolize the wanderings in the desert by the Children of Israel and in which as many meals as possible are eaten during the eight-day holiday (one week in Israel). According to the Talmud, the table should be decorated with pomegranates, themselves a symbol of plenty, and flasks of wine.

Simchat Torah is the celebration of the yearly completion and recommencement of the reading of the Torah in the synagogue. During the Simchat Torah festivities the Torah scrolls are taken out of the ark in which they are held. Congregants of synagogues carry the scrolls around in a parade, happily singing and dancing. The congregation dances with the Torah scrolls and performs seven "hakafot" or revolutions. This is done seven times. Children are often given gifts of candy and fruit in a representation of God's commandments being "sweeter than honey". At home and in the synagogue, children usually get sweets, nuts, raisins and plain or candied apples.