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	What is Shmini Atzeret? - Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah at OU.ORG
		Because it is considered as separate from Sukkot, the blessing of "Shehecheyanu(1)" is recited - the wife, when she lights the candles ushering in the Holiday and the husband, when he recites the Kiddush at the evening Seudah (festive meal).
		"Shmini" means the eighth; in general, the number eight symbolizes perfection, as it does in the case of "brit milah," the covenant of circumcision.
		Thus, the name "Shmini Atzeret" means the eighth day which is the additional day that brings the seven-day holiday of Sukkot to its state of perfection.
	www.ou.org /chagim/shmini-simchat/shminiwhat.htm (225 words)

	Shemini Atzeret and Simkhat Torah
		In Israel, Shemini Atzeret is also the holiday of Simkhat Torah.
		Shemini Atzeret literally means "the assembly of the eighth (day)." Rabbinic literature explains the holiday this way: G-d is like a host, who invites us as visitors for a limited time, but when the time comes for us to leave, He has enjoyed himself so much that He asks us to stay another day.
		Shemini Atzeret and Simkhat Torah are holidays on which work is not permitted.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/holiday6.html (302 words)

	Sukkot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The day immediately following Sukkot is a separate holiday known as Shemini Atzeret, "the Eighth (Day) of Assembly." In Israel, the celebration of Shemini Atzeret includes Simchat Torah.
		Outside the land of Israel, Shemini Atzeret is celebrated on the day after Sukkot and Simchat Torah is celebrated on the day after that, bringing the total days of festivities to eight in Israel and nine outside Israel.
		The latter practice reflects the idea that Hoshanah Rabbah is the end of the high holiday season, when the world is judged for the coming year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shemini_Atzeret (3561 words)

	Shemini Atzeret and Simkhat Torah
		Shmini Atzeret is a full public holiday, as described in Leviticus 23:36.
		Shmini Atzeret, as the number 8 transcending the bounds of this physical world -- is the day reserved especially for the Jews.
		Therefore it is no coincidence that on Shmini Atzeret we also celebrate the completion of the yearly cycle of Torah readings and the beginning of a new cycle.
	www.e-bski.org /holidays/SheminiAtzeret.html (1317 words)

	Absorbing the Joy
		Shmini Atzeret means “the eighth day of ingathering” - it is the festival which immediately follows the seven-day festival of Sukkot (the significance of “ingathering” (“atzeret”) will be discussed later in this essay).
		And yet, an examination of the nature and significance of Shmini Atzeret reveals a close resemblance between it and the festival of Shavuos - indeed, it can be said to be its calendar twin and alter ego.
		Freedom which enables the soul to realize her full potential, to experience her intrinsic bond to her essence and source, to actualize her mission and purpose in being; in a word, the freedom to be fully and uninhibitedly herself.
	www.meaningfullife.com /torah/holidays/1c/Absorbing_the_Joy.php (2252 words)

	Shmini Atzeret & Simchat Torah: An Overview
		Shmini Atzeret is the holiday celebrated on the eighth day counting from the beginning of Sukkot.
		In the Diaspora, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are separated, with Simchat Torah following Shmini Atzeret on the ninth day after the commencing of the holiday of Sukkot.
		Though Shmini Atzeret is connected to Sukkot by it’s name, it is actually a separate holiday.
	www.mazornet.com /jewishcl/Holidays/sukkot/simchat.htm (493 words)

	Shmini Atzeret - Simhat Torah
		That the sages saw Shemini Atzeret in terms of "sweet sorrow", is typical of their attitude to all festival days.
		On Shmini Atzeret, (also Simhat Torah in Israel,) a prayer for rain is invoked in the Synagogue.
		Sometime after the 11th century, Shemini Atzeret also came to be known as Simhat Torah, "Rejoicing of the Torah." In the Diaspora, this name was applied only to the second day of Shemini Atzeret.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/festivls/tish/37.html (2035 words)

	Divrei Torah :: Religion/Education :: United Synagogue Youth
		Shmini Atzeret, the eighth day of Sukkot, while still a separate holiday, seems to have little purpose when compared with the other holidays of the Jewish calendar.
		"Shmini Atzeret," means, literally, "8th day solemn festival." The Torah tells us, "atzeret t'hiyu lachem," "you shall hold a solemn gathering." (Bemidbar 29:25) In this spirit, we say Yizkor on Shmini Atzeret, the service done four times a year to remember and pay respect to those whom we love who passed away.
		It is this very tension between the solemn and the joyous which is the purpose of Shmini Atzeret.
	www.usy.org /yourusy/reled/dt/readdvar.asp?dvar=130 (759 words)

	Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Shemini Atzeret occurs on the day after the seven day festival of Sukkot.
		In ancient Israel, Shemini Atzeret coincided with the beginning of the rainy season.
		Shemini Atzeret is celebrated concurrently with Simhat Torah by most Reform Jews.
	www3.kumc.edu /diversity/ethnic_relig/shmini.html (139 words)

	Jewish Community Online
		Therefore it makes sense that if Shmini Atzeret represents the seclusion of God with His people, then the most perfect expression for that intimacy must be the Torah itself.
		As a closure, Shmini Atzeret parallels Shavuot, the end of the Pessah season - especially since we begin counting the omer for seven weeks from the second day of Pessah until Shavuot, which the rabbis of the Mishna call atzeret (closing) [B.T. Haggiga 18a].
		The fact is that Shmini Atzeret, the Eighth Day Gathering, is the conclusion of Succot during which - at least in a midrashic sense - all of Israel has become united.
	www.atljewishtimes.com /holidays/simart1.shtml (924 words)

	Succah on Shmini Atzeret
		He states that since the kiddush that is made mentions Shmini Atzeret, and not Succot, to follow that with a bracha on the succah would be a claim that the day is both Succot and Shmini Atzeret, an impossibility and a contradiction.
		Since labor is prohibited because of Shmini Atzeret, and not because of the possibility of it being Succot, thus the prayers follow suit).
		Despite the fact that it seems that one must continue to be in the succah on Shmini Atzeret, the obligation is not as absolute as it is for the first seven days.
	chaburas.org /shmini.html (1332 words)

	"Demonstrating Faith..." Parashat Hashavua Shmini Atzeret (Eighth day of Assembly); Year 5764; By Messianic ...
		Therefore the holiday Shmini Atzeret is a day of assembly on which G-d has chosen to hold back the joy of the seven days of Sukkot for one more day to symbolize that His joy is always a new beginning.
		Although the command for Shmini Atzeret, like the one given on Sukkot is to rejoice, the rejoicing on this holiday moves from the sukkah into the home.
		Sukkot in Israel is the beginning of the rainy season, therefore on Shmini Atzeret it is customary to pray for rain.
	www.cmy.on.ca /toraportions2000/modeim/shmeniaseret5764/atzeret5763.htm (858 words)

	Shemini Atzeret
		In Israel, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are both celebrated on Tishri 22, but in the Diaspora, Shemini Atzeret is observed on Tishri 22 and Simchat Torah on Tishri 23.
		In the Diaspora, Shemini Atzeret is considered a full holiday (Yom Tov), but none of the particular mitzvot regarding Sukkot are observed (though some Jews still eat in their sukkah while others do not [as described in the Talmud, Sukkah 46b, 47a].
		Since Sukkot marks the end of the Fall Festivals, it is suggested that Shemini Atzeret is meant as a time to reflect on the previous two months of observance and to store their memories within our hearts.
	www.hebrew4christians.com /Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Shemini_Atzeret/shemini_atzeret.html (498 words)

	Temple Beth Sholom of Pascack Valley
		We are not required to live in the sukkah or to take the lulav and etrog on Shmini Atzeret.
		However, outside the land of Israel the general custom is to eat in the Sukkah on the first day of Shmini Atzeret without the blessing.
		Shmini Atzeret is one day long in Israel and two days long outside of Israel.
	www.temple-beth-sholom.org /shminiatzeret.shtml (297 words)

	Assembly of Masorti Synagogues in Great Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Although Shmini Atzeret, which means something like "the eighth day of restraint" is generally considered to be a separate festival, the Torah is far from clear about this.
		One of the features of Shmini Atzeret is that, although it is no longer Sukkot we still eat and sleep in the Sukkah.
		Shmini Atzeret is similar to Shavuot, in that neither of them require external preparation.
	www.masorti.org.uk /02-10-99.htm (1063 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Shmini Atzeret means “the eighth day of ingathering” - it is the festival that immediately follows the seven-day festival of Sukkot.
		Both are one-day festivals which culminate a cycle of seven: Shmini Atzeret immediately follows the seven days of Sukkot, while Shavuot closes the seven week sefirah count begun by Passover.
		Freedom which enables the soul to realize her full potential, to experience her intrinsic bond to her essence and source, to actualize her mission and purpose in being; in a word, the freedom to be fully and naturally herself.
	www.theodorherzl.co.za /iframes/judaica/newsletters/if_November_2003.htm (2800 words)

	Shemini Atzeret
		We say Shehchiyanu (Zeman) in kiddush for Shmini Atzeret, and in the Diaspora, on Simchat Torah eve as well.
		The song of Shmini Atzeret (Psalm 6, a prayerful song which mentions the 8 string harp) is not the same as the songs of Succoth (Ps.
		All in all, Shmini Atzeret stands on its own as a day of pure prayer, worship of G-d, and dedication to the Torah.
	www.asbee.net /shemini.htm (306 words)

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		The novelty of this approach is that it considers the berakha of "leisheiv ba-sukka" not simply as a berakha made on a mitzva but as a berakha which serves to impart to the day itself the character of the holiday of Sukkot.
		But Shemini Atzeret was not instituted as a "rabbinic seventh day of Sukkot;" rather, we are simply commanded to perform all the mitzvot of Sukkot on Shemini Atzeret out of doubt, as if we were really concerned that the day might truly be the seventh day of Sukkot.
		Shemini Atzeret, in contrast, has no character of Sukkot at all; rather, we are commanded by Chazal to perform the mitzvot of Sukkot on that day out of concern that the calendar is one day off.
	www.angelfire.com /mi/rothenberg/sa.html (1955 words)

	messianic jewish online - messianic judaism and jewish roots
		Shmini means eighth and generally the number eight symbolizes new beginnings.
		Atzeret means "assembly" but it can also mean "holding back." Holding back in such a way as to bring something to its perfect completion, its new beginning.
		Shmini Atzeret is a biblically designated holiday in its own right (Vayikra 23:36), therefore it does not involve any of the special observances of Sukkot; that is the lulov and etrog or the sukkah.
	www.messianicjewishonline.com /article1105.html (850 words)

	Judaism 101: Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
		Outside of Israel, where extra days of holidays are held, only the second day of Shemini Atzeret is Simchat Torah: Shemini Atzeret is Tishri 22 and 23, while Simchat Torah is Tishri 23.
		Shemini Atzeret literally means "the assembly of the eighth (day)." Rabbinic literature explains the holiday this way: our Creator is like a host, who invites us as visitors for a limited time, but when the time comes for us to leave, He has enjoyed himself so much that He asks us to stay another day.
		Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are holidays on which work is not permitted.
	www.jewfaq.org /holiday6.htm (675 words)

	Ohr Torah Stone - Rabbi Riskin's Shabbat Shalom
		And indeed, we are Biblically ordained to bring a total of seventy bullocks as offerings to the Holy Temple on Sukkot, symbolizing our concern for and commitment to the proverbial seventy nations of the world.
		In order to understand the message of Shemini Atzeret, it is important that we analyze the symbolism of water as it appears throughout the festivals of Tishrei.
		Shemini Atzeret is the culmination of these prayers.
	www.ohrtorahstone.org.il /parsha/5763/shminiatzeret63.htm (715 words)

	Divrei Beit Hillel
		Those among you who make it to services regularly are probably shaking your heads and saying to yourselves, "what he doesn't know is that we do call Shmini Atzeret a time of happiness in our prayers".
		On the other hand, when Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah come along, there is no longer the need for such a commandment.
		The Talmud teaches that Shmini Atzeret is a Regel Bifnei Atzma, a holiday in its own right, and it is certainly felt.
	dolphin.upenn.edu /~dbh/parshas/simchattorah/01 (2716 words)

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		Shmini Atzeres is unique from the other yomim tovim of Tishrei in that it lacks a particular mitzvah to focus on.
		This is why Simchas Torah has become the celebration of Shmini Atzeres, in Israel on the same day and outside Israel as the second day of the yom tov of Shmini Atzeres.
		The literal meaning of Atzeret is "restraint." There are various interpretations as to why this term, implying restraint, was chosen here.
	www.teaneckshuls.org /parsha/Devarim/ShminiAtzeresVzos64.doc (10934 words)

	Assembly of Masorti Synagogues in Great Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Shemini Atzeret is the only festival to have neither an agricultural nor historical significance.
		The other innovation on Shmini Atzeret is the celebration of the Torah, Simhat Torah.
		Diaspora Jews celebrate this on the second day of Shmini Atzeret, but for Israelis, Shmini Atzeret and Simhat Torah are one and the same thing.
	www.masorti.org.uk /21-10-00.htm (1190 words)

	Avodah V6 #20
		Harry seems to believe that those of us who eat in the succah on Shmini Atzeret (w/o a bracha - of course) are faced with the problem of "ba'al tosef" (the prohibition against adding to the mitzvot of the Torah).
		Those who do not use a succah on shmini atzeret - primarily Hassidim, would probably argue that eating in a succah can be viewed as diminishing the honor owed to the new chag of shmini atzeret.
		The omission of the bracha on shmini atzeres itself is a small token of withdrawal from the sukkah, withdrawing from the mitzva aspect....
	www.aishdas.org /avodah/vol06/v06n020.shtml (4144 words)

	The Pain And Joy Of Returning \| Chabad.org
		Shemini Atzeret the eighth day of Succot and a festival in its own right and Simchat Torah, the day following, were originally a single festival.
		Thus the reason that we read Vezot Haberachah on the second day of Shemini Atzeret is not merely, as has been suggested, to end the cycle of the years festivals with Moses concluding blessing to Israel.
		And Shemini Atzeret is the end of the festive cycle which begins with Yom Kippur.
	www.chabad.org /library/article.asp?AID=1062 (1568 words)

	Torah Tots - The Site for Jewish Children - Holidays - Sukkot
		The "work" prohibited on Sukkot is the same as that prohibited on Shabbat, except that cooking, baking, transferring fire and carrying, all of which are forbidden on Shabbat, are permitted on Sukkot.
		As mentioned earlier, these Yomim Tovim (holidays) are commonly thought of as part of Sukkot, but that is not so; Shemini Atzeret is a Yom Tov in its own right and does not involve the special observances of Sukkot.
		Shemini Atzeret literally means "the assembly of the eighth (day)." Rabbinic literature explains the Yom Tov this way: Hashem is like a host, who invites us as visitors for a limited time, but when the time comes for us to leave, He has enjoyed Himself so much that He asks us to stay another day.
	www.torahtots.com /holidays/sukkot/sukotstr.htm (1204 words)

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