Editing Ecclesiastes (section)

===Judaism===
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In Judaism, Ecclesiastes is read either on [[Shemini Atzeret]] (by Yemenites, Italians, some [[Sephardim]], and the mediaeval French Jewish rite) or on the [[Shabbat]] of the [[Chol HaMoed|intermediate days]] of [[Sukkot]] (by [[Ashkenazim]]). If there is no intermediate Shabbat of Sukkot, Ashkenazim too read it on Shemini Atzeret (or, in Israel, on the first Shabbat of Sukkot). It is read on Sukkot as a reminder to not get too caught up in the festivities of the holiday and to carry over the happiness of Sukkot to the rest of the year by telling the listeners that, without God, life is meaningless.

The final poem of Kohelet<ref>{{Bibleverse||Ecclesiastes|12:1–8|HE}}</ref> has been interpreted in the [[Targum]], Talmud and [[Midrash]], and by the rabbis [[Rashi]], [[Rashbam]] and [[Abraham ibn Ezra|ibn Ezra]], as an allegory of old age.