Shmini Atzeret 2794 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 6555

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 6555 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 2791 22 Tishrei 6552
Shmini Atzeret 2792 22 Tishrei 6553
Shmini Atzeret 2793 22 Tishrei 6554
Shmini Atzeret 2794 22 Tishrei 6555
Shmini Atzeret 2795 22 Tishrei 6556
Shmini Atzeret 2796 22 Tishrei 6557
Shmini Atzeret 2797 22 Tishrei 6558
Shmini Atzeret 2798 22 Tishrei 6559

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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