Shemini Atzeret 2015

October 2015 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 Shemini Atzeret Monday October 5 -9 years, -2 months, -20 days or -3369 days 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Columbus Day Monday October 12 -9 years, -2 months, -13 days or -3362 days 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Saturday October 31 -9 years, -1 months, -25 days or -3343 days

Shemini Atzeret for the year 2015 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Sunday, October 4th ending at sundown on Monday, October 5th.

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 2015

Monday, October 5th is day number 278 of the 2015 calendar year with -9 years, -2 months, -20 days until Shemini Atzeret 2015.