Chol Hamoed Sukkot 2024. The first two days (or one day in israel) are yom tov, when work is forbidden, candles are lit in the evening, and festive meals are preceded with kiddush and contain challah dipped. We dwell in the sukkah and take the four kinds.
Sukkot is immediately followed by shemini atzeret and. In the haftarah for chol hamoed sukkot yechezkel tells the people in exile to focus on the future, the war of gog & magog & the final redemption from exile.