Shemini Atzeret 2008

October 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Columbus Day Monday October 13 -16 years, -2 months, -9 days or -5914 days 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Shemini Atzeret Tuesday October 21 -16 years, -2 months, -1 days or -5906 days 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Friday October 31 -16 years, -1 months, -22 days or -5896 days

Shemini Atzeret for the year 2008 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Monday, October 20th ending at sundown on Tuesday, October 21st.

Shemini Atzeret, with Shemini meaning eighth follows the seven day holiday of Sukkot and can be considered the eighth day of Sukkot in many ways but not all ways. This day on the Hebrew calendar falls on 22 Tishrei. Many in Israel will celebrate Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah on the same day, however others in the rest of the world will celebrate them one day after the other making them two separate holidays with Simchat Torah falling on 23 Tishrei.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to the start of Shemini Atzeret 2008

Tuesday, October 21st is day number 295 of the 2008 calendar year with -16 years, -2 months, -1 day until Shemini Atzeret 2008.