Shemini Atzeret (שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת‎—"Eighth [day of] Assembly") is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei in...

called Shemini Atzeret (one day in the Land of Israel, two days in the diaspora, where the second day is called Simchat Torah). Shemini Atzeret coincides...

both days of Rosh Hashanah, first day of Sukkot, and [first day of] Shemini Atzeret. By extension, outside the Land of Israel, the second-day holidays...

20: Yom Kippur* Saturday, September 25: Sukkot* Saturday, October 2: Shemini Atzeret* Sunday, October 3: Simchat Torah* Saturday, December 4: Hanukkah Saturday...

dictionary. Shemini is a Hebrew word that means "eighth", and may refer to: Shemini (parsha), the 26th weekly Torah portion Shemini Atzeret, a Jewish holiday...

cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret ("Eighth Day of Assembly"), which follows immediately after the festival...

communities Deuteronomy 14:22–16:17 is read (this is the same reading as for Shemini Atzeret in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite). The individual readings are as follows:...

or 8 days (the diaspora); Considered by some to be a mini-campout) Shemini Atzeret (A holiday sometimes confused as being the 8th day of Sukkot; Beginning...

of autumnal religious festivals running through Sukkot which end on Shemini Atzeret in Israel and Simchat Torah everywhere else. Rosh Hashanah is a two-day...

simply enjoy God's gifts. In Judaism, Ecclesiastes is read either on Shemini Atzeret (by Yemenites, Italians, some Sephardim, and the mediaeval French Jewish...

Gathering, an open-air music festival during the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret near kibbutz Re'im. At least 40 hostages were also taken. This mass...

(Purim, Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret). The lengths of months in this period are fixed, meaning that the...

are in turn followed by two holy days of Shemini Atzeret. However, in the Diaspora, the name "Shemini Atzeret" is usually used only to refer to the first...

(religious) Rosh Hashanah / Feast of Trumpets (TX, NY, religious) Shemini Atzeret (religious) Simchat Torah (religious) Vijaya Dashami (religious) Yom...

an eight-day Jewish holiday that starts on the 25th day of Kislev. Shemini Atzeret (Hebrew: "Eighth Day of Assembly") is a one-day Jewish holiday immediately...

is the name of a prayer for rain recited on the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret. In Israel, rain falls mostly in the fall and winter; this half of...

Tishrei – Hoshanah Rabbah 22 Tishrei (and 23 outside of Israel) – Shemini Atzeret/Atzeres & Simchat Torah/Simchas Torah 1 Tishrei (c. 3760 BCE) – Adam...

mourning prior will total to fourteen days when the holiday ends. Shemini Atzeret is considered the eighth day of Sukkot, and equates to seven days of...

the Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sukkot (Tabernacles), and Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly). Some religious holidays are also celebrated...

night and day in Israel), on Shavuot, all seven days of Sukkot, on Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, and on the eight days of Hanukkah. The sages have...

it without one. These four Yizkor services are held on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, on the last day of Passover, and on Shavuot (the second day of Shavuot...

Hashanah (1 Tishrei), Yom Kippur (10 Tishrei), Sukkot (15 Tishrei), and Shemini Atzeret (22 Tishrei). This period is fixed, during which no adjustments are...

election was moved from October 4 to 10 to avoid the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret. As of December 2016, the Elections Act was amended, scheduling all...

the dates when the yizkor prayer is said in synagogue (Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, final day of Pesach, and Shavuot). Some also light before the Holocaust...

world eat in sukkot for seven days and nights. Sukkot concludes with Shemini Atzeret, where Jews begin to pray for rain and Simchat Torah, "Rejoicing of...

changed in fall and winter to refer to rain. Between the holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Passover respectively, God's "power of [providing] rain" (גבורות...

labor on Sukkot Lev. 23:36 — To rest on Shemini Atzeret Lev. 23:36 — Not to do prohibited labor on Shemini Atzeret Lev. 23:40 — To take up a Lulav and Etrog...

legumes in Passover) and other distinctions. Eating in the Sukkah on Shemini Atzeret is an area where Minhag varies; likewise, how to accommodate the idea...

שמ״ע (Shemini Atzeret) - Shemini Atzeret; lit. Eighth [day] is [a day of] Assembly (Numbers 29:12). See also שמע״צ שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶֽרֶת, שמע״צ (Shemini Atzeret)...

(recited on the festival nights of Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah) (When the holiday coincides with Shabbat (Friday night)...