Shemini Atzereth
or She·mi·ni A·tze·ret, She·mi·ni A·tze·res
[shuh-mee-nee at-ser-es, -min-ee; Sephardic Hebrew she-mee-nee ah-tse-ret; Ashkenazic Hebrew shuh-mee-nee ah-tsey-ris]
- a Jewish festival celebrated on the 22nd day of Tishri, being the 8th day of Sukkoth: marked by a memorial service for the dead and prayers for rain in Israel.
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Origin of Shemini Atzereth
First recorded in 1900–05, Shemini Atzereth is from the Hebrew word Shəmīnī ʿăṣereth literally, eighth meeting
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