Shmini Atzeret 3785 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 7546

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 7546 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 3782 22 Tishrei 7543
Shmini Atzeret 3783 22 Tishrei 7544
Shmini Atzeret 3784 22 Tishrei 7545
Shmini Atzeret 3785 22 Tishrei 7546
Shmini Atzeret 3786 22 Tishrei 7547
Shmini Atzeret 3787 22 Tishrei 7548
Shmini Atzeret 3788 22 Tishrei 7549
Shmini Atzeret 3789 22 Tishrei 7550

Tanakh

Shmini Atzeret (on Shabbat) / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת (בְּשַׁבָּת)

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 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim
  7. 7: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  8. maf: Numbers 29:35-30:1 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah: I Kings 8:54-66 · 13 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
by Michael Strassfeld

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