Shemini Atzeret

On Shemini Atzeret, praying for the natural resource on which all life depends.

Concluding the High Holiday season with joy.

Key terms for the holidays of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.

Not quite Sukkot, not quite its own holiday.

Ecological balance and our prayer for rain.

Israelis and liberal Jews observe fewer days for some holidays than traditional Diaspora Jews.

What these holidays that follow Sukkot are about.

Same concept as the Ashkenazi one, different approach

Additional Torah Reading on Simchat Torah. Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah in the Community. Rejoicing with the Torah. Jewish Holidays.