Shemini Atzeret

Recited by Ashkenazi Jews on Shemini Atzeret, this prayer invokes the merit of Jewish ancestors in requesting the natural resource on which all life depends.

Concluding the High Holiday season with joy.

The Festival of Booths begins at sunset on October 4, 2017.

 When is Sukkot?Sukkot 2016 begins at sunset on Sunday, October 16 and lasts through the evening of Sunday, October 23.The conclusion of ...

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.