Shmini Atzeret 2155 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 5916

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 5916 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Shemini Atzeret (שמיני עצרת - “the Eighth [day] of Assembly”) is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei (first month of calendar). In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, the second day being separately referred to as Simchat Torah. In Israel and Reform Judaism, the holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are combined into a single day and the names are used interchangeably.

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Dates for Shmini Atzeret

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shmini Atzeret 2152 22 Tishrei 5913
Shmini Atzeret 2153 22 Tishrei 5914
Shmini Atzeret 2154 22 Tishrei 5915
Shmini Atzeret 2155 22 Tishrei 5916
Shmini Atzeret 2156 22 Tishrei 5917
Shmini Atzeret 2157 22 Tishrei 5918
Shmini Atzeret 2158 22 Tishrei 5919
Shmini Atzeret 2159 22 Tishrei 5920

Tanakh

Simchat Torah (on Shabbat) / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers 29:35-30:1

  1. 1: Deuteronomy 33:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: Deuteronomy 33:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: Deuteronomy 33:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Deuteronomy 33:18-21 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Deuteronomy 33:22-26 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Deuteronomy 33:27-29 · 3 p’sukim
  7. 7: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
  8. 8: Genesis 1:1-2:3 · 34 p’sukim
  9. maf: Numbers 29:35-30:1 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18 · 18 p’sukim

Megillah
  1. 1: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
  2. 2: Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 · 26 p’sukim
  3. 3: Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
  4. 4: Ecclesiastes 4:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  5. 5: Ecclesiastes 5:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
  6. 6: Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
  7. 7: Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  8. 8: Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  9. 9: Ecclesiastes 9:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
  10. 10: Ecclesiastes 10:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  11. 11: Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
  12. 12: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shemini Atzeret” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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