Shemini Atzeret 2020

October 2020 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shemini Atzeret Saturday October 10 -4 years -20 days or -1481 days 11 12 Columbus Day Monday October 12 -4 years -18 days or -1479 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 -3 years, -11 months, -30 days or -1460 days

Shemini Atzeret for the year 2020 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Friday, October 9th ending at sundown on Saturday, October 10.

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 2020

Saturday, October 10th is day number 284 of the 2020 calendar year with -4 years, -20 days until Shemini Atzeret 2020.