Shmini Atzeret 876 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 4637

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 4637 began on and ended 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 873 22 Tishrei 4634
Shmini Atzeret 874 22 Tishrei 4635
Shmini Atzeret 875 22 Tishrei 4636
Shmini Atzeret 876 22 Tishrei 4637
Shmini Atzeret 877 22 Tishrei 4638
Shmini Atzeret 878 22 Tishrei 4639
Shmini Atzeret 879 22 Tishrei 4640
Shmini Atzeret 880 22 Tishrei 4641

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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