This year's 10-Minute Torah (7 October 2023): Parashat Shmini Atzeret 5784

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Shmini Atzeret 2023 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 5784

Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️

Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Friday, 6 October 2023 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 7 October 2023.

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 (on Shabbat) / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת Saturday, 7 October 2023 / 22 Tishrei 5784

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 29:35-30:1

1: Deuteronomy 14:22-29 · 8 p’sukim ·

2: Deuteronomy 15:1-18 · 18 p’sukim ·

3: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim ·

4: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim ·

5: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim ·

6: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim ·

7: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim ·

maf: Numbers 29:35-30:1 · 6 p’sukim ·

Haftarah: I Kings 8:54-66 · 13 p’sukim