Shmini Atzeret 3881 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 7642

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 7642 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 3878 22 Tishrei 7639
Shmini Atzeret 3879 22 Tishrei 7640
Shmini Atzeret 3880 22 Tishrei 7641
Shmini Atzeret 3881 22 Tishrei 7642
Shmini Atzeret 3882 22 Tishrei 7643
Shmini Atzeret 3883 22 Tishrei 7644
Shmini Atzeret 3884 22 Tishrei 7645
Shmini Atzeret 3885 22 Tishrei 7646

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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