Shemini Atzeret – Shemini: “Eighth Great Day” of Sukkot

Shemini Atzeret – Shemini: “Eighth Great Day” of Sukkot for 27, October, ’24 Which is Sunday This Year

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֍ ֍ ֍ What is this Torah portion about?

Significance

When Shemini Atzeret is mentioned in the Torah (known in Greek as the Pentateuch), it is always mentioned in the context of the seven-day festival of Sukkot: the holiday Shemini Atzeret immediately follows.

For example, Sukkot is described in detail in Leviticus 23:33–43.^[10] Shemini Atzeret is mentioned in only verses 36 and 39.

The Hebrew word shemini means eighth. This refers to the date of Shemini Atzeret relative to Sukkot; it falls on the latter’s eighth day.^{[note 1]} It is often assumed that Shemini Atzeret is simply the eighth day of Sukkot. That characterization, however, is only partly accurate.

The celebration of Sukkot is characterized by the use of the sukkah (booth or tabernacle) and the Four Species (tree branches and fruit used in the celebration).^{[note 2]} However, the Torah specifies using those objects for only seven days, not eight.^[11]

The observance of Shemini Atzeret, therefore, differs in substantial ways from that of Sukkot. The Talmud^[12] describes Shemini Atzeret with the words “a holiday in its own right” (regel bifnei atzmo).

The Talmud describes six ways in which Shemini Atzeret differs from Sukkot. Four of these relate principally to the Temple service, but two others remain relevant to the modern celebration of the holiday.

First, the blessing known as Shehecheyanu is recited on the night of Shemini Atzeret just as it is on the first night of all other major Jewish holidays.^[13] Second, the holiday is referred to distinctively as “Shemini Atzeret” and not as “Sukkot” in the prayer service.^[14]

Immediately following that discussion, however, the Talmud describes Shemini Atzeret as the “end holiday of the festival [of Sukkot]”.^[12] The context here is that the Sukkot obligations of joy and recitation of Hallel (Psalms 113–118) last eight days.

This is also why one of Sukkot’s liturgical aliases, “Time of Our Happiness” (zman simḥatenu), continues to be used to describe Shemini Atzeret—and, by extension, Simchat Torah—in the liturgy.^[14]

Shemini Atzeret is, in conclusion, simultaneously “a holiday in its own right” and the “end holiday of [Sukkot]”.^[12]  (<<— edited from wikipedia)

֍ ֍ ֍ What is our study called?

Shmini Atzeret 27 Oct. ‘24 25 Tishrei Deuteronomy14:22–16:17 1 Kings 8:54–66 Luke 2:21–32

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֍ ֍ ֍ Shemini Atzeret – the mysterious and profound 8th and Last Great Day of the Jewish Feasts
The Last Great Day

Shemini Atzeret – the mysterious and profound 8th and Last Great Day of the Jewish Feasts
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Shemini Atzeret – the mysterious and profound 8th and Last Great Day of the Jewish Feasts. This day has been overshadowed by the other harvest feasts but now gets the attention it deserves.

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NOTE: For Older Testament passages I’ve become rather interested in reading them in the Septuagint. I know some passages are different there comparably, but the Septuagint seems to have more depth in understanding than the Bibles translated using the Masoretic text created in about 600-1000 A.D.

This is compared to the origins of the Septuagint.

The Septuagint is the very first translation of the Hebrew Bible from Hebrew to another language, Greek. It’s believed that it was probably translated as early as the third century BC. The Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek is traditionally dated to the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (285-246 BC).

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