Event Details
Shmini Atzeret / שמיני עצרת
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.
Shmini Atzeret begins at sundown on Sun, 20 October 2019.
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List of Dates
Shmini Atzeret begins on:
- Sun, 20 October 2019 at sundown (22nd of Tishrei, 5780)
- Fri, 09 October 2020 at sundown (22nd of Tishrei, 5781)
- Mon, 27 September 2021 at sundown (22nd of Tishrei, 5782)
- Sun, 16 October 2022 at sundown (22nd of Tishrei, 5783)
- Fri, 06 October 2023 at sundown (22nd of Tishrei, 5784)
- Wed, 23 October 2024 at sundown (22nd of Tishrei, 5785)
- Mon, 13 October 2025 at sundown (22nd of Tishrei, 5786)
Simchat Torah / ערב שמחת תורה
Simchat Torah or Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh, Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תורָה, lit., "Rejoicing with/of the Torah,") is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret ("Eighth Day of Assembly"), which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkot in the month of Tishrei (mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar).
Simchat Torah begins at sundown on Mon, 21 October 2019.
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List of Dates
Simchat Torah begins on:
- Mon, 21 October 2019 at sundown (23rd of Tishrei, 5780)
- Sat, 10 October 2020 at sundown (23rd of Tishrei, 5781)
- Tue, 28 September 2021 at sundown (23rd of Tishrei, 5782)
- Mon, 17 October 2022 at sundown (23rd of Tishrei, 5783)
- Sat, 07 October 2023 at sundown (23rd of Tishrei, 5784)
- Thu, 24 October 2024 at sundown (23rd of Tishrei, 5785)
- Tue, 14 October 2025 at sundown (23rd of Tishrei, 5786)