Fall in Israel is much more complex. There is an ending, a closing, as we bring in the last of the year's harvest-the grapes, figs, pomegranates, and dates that ripened during the summer. Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, which comes in September or October,  is the "Holiday of the Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in the results of your work from the field" (Exodus 23:16).