Shemini Atzeret
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Sep 11, 2026
Joseph DumondGUEST
um so even if my theology is wrong about the different chronology that i have here to the end you've only got 19 years until the seventh millennium begins and that seventh millennium of rest is what hebrews 3 and 4 is speaking about so we just finished shimney at that and we had an awesome teaching that day But, you know, some of you that are listening are probably saying, how can you, we're just, it's the Feast of Trumpets this weekend.
Joseph DumondGUEST
How can you be keeping Shemini Atzeret already? Yeah.
Joseph DumondGUEST
No, we're not early.
Joseph DumondGUEST
You're late.
Ryan NallHOST
well the thing about it is i think with when it comes to uh the jews like the way that they do the calendar it's like there's four different times of beginnings of the year and it's just tradition right it's tradition and they they're very like uh open about saying that and it's like the what they call rosh hashanah is like the um the beginning of the end of the fall feast or the fall calendar.
Ryan NallHOST
So it's like these different points where the year ends and begins.
Joseph DumondGUEST
So on Shemini Atzeret, I got very passionate about this.
Ryan NallHOST
Yeah.
Joel RembaumGUEST
It's not too late.
Joel RembaumGUEST
Now, we all know, don't tell everybody, but, you know, you have until, you know, Shemini Atzeret, whatchamacallit, the day before Shemini Atzeret, right? It just left my head.
Joel RembaumGUEST
You know, at the end of Sukkot, the last day of Sukkot before Shemini Atzeret, Hoshana Rabbah, you have until Hoshana Rabbah, To clean up any leftovers.
Joel RembaumGUEST
Okay, don't tell anybody.
Joel RembaumGUEST
But the point is, it's here.
Chaya Leah SufrinHOST
Yeah.
Abba PerlmutterGUEST
"What's Shemini Atzeret? There's no such holiday."
Chaya Leah SufrinHOST
[laughs]
Abba PerlmutterGUEST
"You just made that up."
Abba PerlmutterGUEST
Forget it.
Abba PerlmutterGUEST
That's the eighth day of Sukkot.
Yael Bar turHOST
What is Shemini Atzeret?
Abba PerlmutterGUEST
It's a holiday.
Yosef MizrachiHOST
Ele Advarim, Ele numeric value thirty-six.
Yosef MizrachiHOST
Together it's eleven chapters in the Torah all together from, uh, the beginning of Deuteronomy, Sefer Devarim, first Parashat Devarim, and ri-- the last Parashat, Vezot Habrachah, which we normally finish on Simchat Torah and Shemini Atzeret, second day, and right after that we start Bereshit Bara Elokim.
Yosef MizrachiHOST
Why we start right away? 'Cause we're gonna read Bereshit the Shabbat after.
Yosef MizrachiHOST
Why we start right away the first Aliyah of Bereshit? To show you there's no such thing to finish the Torah.
Aryeh WolbeHOST
So if you can find a bayou that has fish, that's great, but it should be a place with moving water, and it should be a place that has fish.
Aryeh WolbeHOST
Now, if someone does not have the ability to find a place on Yom Tov that's walking distance, then you can do it up till the end of Sukkot, till Shemini Atzeret.
Aryeh WolbeHOST
Till then you can do, you can perform this great mitzvah of Tashlich.
Aryeh WolbeHOST
And what we do by Tashlich, we'll see here in a minute, is we recite certain prayers, and then we shake off our clothes, which is symbolic of us shaking off our sins into the water.
Aryeh WolbeHOST
So if you can find a bayou that has fish, that's great, but it should be a place with moving water, and it should be a place that has fish.
Aryeh WolbeHOST
Now, if someone does not have the ability to find a place on Yom Tov that's walking distance, then you can do it up till the end of Sukkot, till Shemini Atzeret.
Aryeh WolbeHOST
Till then you can do, you can perform this great mitzvah of Tashlich.
Aryeh WolbeHOST
And what we do by Tashlich, we'll see here in a minute, is we recite certain prayers, and then we shake off our clothes, which is symbolic of us shaking off our sins into the water.
Tali LoewenthalGUEST
No, it's the new year for the whole of existence.
Tali LoewenthalGUEST
and so therefore the life force that we're bringing into the world is really for everyone on the planet and in fact it says in the Talmud if the nations of the world realized what the temple and the service in the temple was doing for them instead of destroying the temple they would have put guards around it to protect it And so then we have the next turn on the roller coaster because Sukkot comes to an end with Rosh Hanu Rabbah and we then have the eighth day, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, which we've spoken about a bit.
Tali LoewenthalGUEST
And that is a moment when instead of being Involved, as it were, with the 70 nations, it is the king and the Jewish people themselves together, united by the Torah.
Tali LoewenthalGUEST
And there we are, with this open joy and good heart feelings between each of us to each other, and the roller coaster comes to a gentle halt.
John McKeeHOST
The first day of Sukkot is to be a high Sabbath, Leviticus twenty-three thirty-five.
John McKeeHOST
In traditional Judaism, on the seventh day of Sukkot, special Hoshanah Rabbah celebrations are conducted, and on the day after the seventh day of Sukkot, a separate holiday known as Shemini Atzeret, the Eighth Day Assembly, occurs.
John McKeeHOST
Finally, the commemoration of Simchat Torah has been added over the centuries as the yearly Torah cycle ends and a new cycle of Torah reading begins.
John McKeeHOST
While the counting of days can be confusing for those in the diaspora, most of us, please be aware that the Jewish community at large also notices a blurring as well, and it is best to consult one's congregational leader or rabbi for proper halakhic instruction on how one's local assembly is to observe these events.
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John McKeeHOST
In many observant Jewish circles, Hoshanah Rabbah is considered to be the best day for studying the book of Deuteronomy, the final book of the Torah.
John McKeeHOST
Customarily, it is believed that Hoshanah Rabbah concludes the fall high holy days and the divine books are closed for another year.
John McKeeHOST
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Specified in Numbers 25.35 is a special day that comes immediately after the last day of Sukkot.
John McKeeHOST
On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly.
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Pesach can't be on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
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Velo Ga Haz Atzeret VeShana Raba.
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Shvuos and Shana Raba cannot be on a Tuesday, Thursday, or Shabbos.
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Lo Gimel Hanukkah.
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Whatever day of the week is Purim will also be Lag BaOmer, VeSiman Peleg.
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Pe is Purim and Lamed Gimel is Lag BaOmer.
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B'yom She'Hanukkah Yehi Atzeret, this Hanukkah and Atzeret will be the same day.
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Ki Shehu Kasidron Ei Chaser, when they're normal, uh, or when they're short.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
Because I'm a rabbi, I can do that.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
And how did I do it? I said, because there are eight days of Sukkot, the last day of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, is the highest day.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
So the eighth day of Pesach is higher than that because Hashem didn't tell us to have an eighth day.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
He told us to have an eighth day of Sukkot.
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