Shmini Atzeret 4781 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 8542

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 8542 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 4778 22 Tishrei 8539
Shmini Atzeret 4779 22 Tishrei 8540
Shmini Atzeret 4780 22 Tishrei 8541
Shmini Atzeret 4781 22 Tishrei 8542
Shmini Atzeret 4782 22 Tishrei 8543
Shmini Atzeret 4783 22 Tishrei 8544
Shmini Atzeret 4784 22 Tishrei 8545
Shmini Atzeret 4785 22 Tishrei 8546

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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