(Shi - may - NEE At - zair - ET) The Eighth Day assembly of Sukkot.
Literal tranlation: "the eight day of assembly"; end of Sukkot.
Festival falling immediately after the culmination of Succot – it begins on the evening that marks the end of Hoshana Rabba.
(sh'MEE-nee aht-ZE-ret) Lit. the eighth (day) of assembly. The day (or two days) after Sukkot.
Shemini Atzeret (×©×ž×™× ×™ עצרת - "the Eighth [day] of Assembly") is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishri. In the Diaspora it is celebrated for two days, 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.
