Shmini Atzeret 9399 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 13160

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 13160 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 9396 22 Tishrei 13157
Shmini Atzeret 9397 22 Tishrei 13158
Shmini Atzeret 9398 22 Tishrei 13159
Shmini Atzeret 9399 22 Tishrei 13160
Shmini Atzeret 9400 22 Tishrei 13161
Shmini Atzeret 9401 22 Tishrei 13162
Shmini Atzeret 9402 22 Tishrei 13163
Shmini Atzeret 9403 22 Tishrei 13164

Tanakh

Erev Simchat Torah / עֶרֶב שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-17

  1. 1: Deuteronomy 33:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: Deuteronomy 33:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: Deuteronomy 33:13-17 · 5 p’sukim

Simchat Torah / שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers 29:35-30:1

  1. 1: Deuteronomy 33:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: Deuteronomy 33:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: Deuteronomy 33:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Deuteronomy 33:18-21 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Deuteronomy 33:22-26 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Deuteronomy 33:27-34:12 · 15 p’sukim
  7. 7: Genesis 1:1-2:3 · 34 p’sukim
  8. maf: Numbers 29:35-30:1 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18 · 18 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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