Shmini Atzeret 5054 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 8815

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 8815 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 5051 22 Tishrei 8812
Shmini Atzeret 5052 22 Tishrei 8813
Shmini Atzeret 5053 22 Tishrei 8814
Shmini Atzeret 5054 22 Tishrei 8815
Shmini Atzeret 5055 22 Tishrei 8816
Shmini Atzeret 5056 22 Tishrei 8817
Shmini Atzeret 5057 22 Tishrei 8818
Shmini Atzeret 5058 22 Tishrei 8819

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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