Shemini Atzeret 2019

October 2019 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Columbus Day Monday October 14 -5 years -16 days or -1843 days 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Shemini Atzeret Monday October 21 -5 years -9 days or -1836 days 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Thursday October 31 -4 years, -11 months, -30 days or -1826 days

Shemini Atzeret for the year 2019 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Sunday, October 20th ending at sundown on Monday, October 21.

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 2019

Monday, October 21st is day number 294 of the 2019 calendar year with -5 years, -9 days until Shemini Atzeret 2019.