Shmini Atzeret 3479 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 7240

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 7240 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 3476 22 Tishrei 7237
Shmini Atzeret 3477 22 Tishrei 7238
Shmini Atzeret 3478 22 Tishrei 7239
Shmini Atzeret 3479 22 Tishrei 7240
Shmini Atzeret 3480 22 Tishrei 7241
Shmini Atzeret 3481 22 Tishrei 7242
Shmini Atzeret 3482 22 Tishrei 7243
Shmini Atzeret 3483 22 Tishrei 7244

Tanakh

Shmini Atzeret / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 29:35-30:1

  1. 1: Deuteronomy 14:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
  2. 2: Deuteronomy 15:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
  3. 3: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:3 · 8 p’sukim
  4. 4: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
  5. 5: Deuteronomy 16:9-17 · 9 p’sukim
  6. maf: Numbers 29:35-30:1 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah: I Kings 8:54-66 · 13 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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