SHEMINI ATZERET/SIMCHAT TORAH

 Dates:
Shemini Atzeret: Sunset of October 23rd through nightfall of October 24th, 2024
Simchat Torah: Sunset of October 24th through nightfall of October 25th, 2024
 
No Work Days:
Shemini Atzeret: Sunset of October 23rd through nightfall of October 24th, 2024
 
Services:
Joint Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Service
October 24th, 2024 at 6 pm

Future Dates:
Shemini Atzeret: Sunset of October 13th through nightfall of October 14th, 2025
Simchat Torah: Sunset of October 14th through nightfall of October 15th, 2025
Shemini Atzeret: Sunset of October 2nd through nightfall of October 3rd, 2026
Simchat Torah: Sunset of October 3rd through nightfall of October 4th, 2026
Shemini Atzeret: Sunset of October 22nd through nightfall of October 23rd, 2027
Simchat Torah: Sunset of October 23rd through nightfall of October 24th, 2027
Shemini Atzeret: Sunset of October 11th through nightfall of October 12th, 2028
Simchat Torah: Sunset of October 12th through nightfall of October 13th, 2028
Shemini Atzeret: Sunset of September 30th through nightfall of October 1st, 2029
Simchat Torah: Sunset of October 1st through nightfall of October 2nd, 2029
 
Biblical Reference:
“Also you are to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you sow in the field, as well as the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your crops from the field. Three times in the year all your men are to appear before Adonai Elohim.” Exodus 23:16-17 TLV

“Adonai spoke to Moses saying: “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, and say, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Sukkot, for seven days to Adonai. On the first day there is to be a holy convocation—you are to do no laborious work. For seven days you are to bring an offering by fire to Adonai. The eighth day will be a holy convocation to you, and you are to bring an offering by fire to Adonai. It is a solemn assembly—you should do no laborious work...“So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you are to keep the Feast of Adonai for seven days. The first day is to be a Shabbat rest, and the eighth day will also be a Shabbat rest. On the first day you are to take choice fruit of trees, branches of palm trees,[h] boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and rejoice before Adonai your God for seven days. You are to celebrate it as a festival to Adonai for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations—you are to celebrate it in the seventh month. You are to live in sukkot for seven days. All the native-born in Israel are to live in sukkot, so that your generations may know that I had Bnei-Yisrael to dwell in sukkot when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Adonai your God.” Leviticus 23:33-36, 39-43 TLV

“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a sacred assembly. You are not to do any of your work, and you are to celebrate the Feast of Adonai for seven days...On the eighth day there shall be for you an assembly. You are to do no regular work.” Numbers 29:12, 35 TLV

“You are to keep the Feast of Sukkot for seven days, after gathering in the produce from your threshing floor and winepress.” So you will rejoice in your feast—you, your son and daughter, slave and maid, Levite and outsider, orphan and widow within your gates. Seven days you will feast to Adonai your God in the place He chooses, because Adonai your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hand, and you will be completely filled with joy. Three times a year all your males are to appear before Adonai your God in the place He chooses—at the Feast of Matzot, the Feast of Shavuot, and the Feast of Sukkot. No one should appear before Adonai empty-handed— 7 the gift of each man’s hand according to the blessing Adonai your God has given you. Deuteronomy 16:13-17 TLV

“Then Moses commanded them saying, ‘At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of cancelling debts, during the feast of Sukkot, when all Israel comes to appear before Adonai your God in the place He chooses, you are to read this Torah before them in their hearing.’” Deuteronomy 31:10-11 TLV

“Then all the survivors from all the nations that attacked Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Adonai-Tzva’ot, and to celebrate Sukkot. Furthermore, if any of the nations on earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Adonai-Tzva’ot, they will have no rain. If the Egyptians do not go up and celebrate, they will have no rain. Instead, there will be the plague that Adonai will inflict on the nations that do not go up to celebrate Sukkot. This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate Sukkot.” Zechariah 14:16-19 TLV

“In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were made through Him, and apart from Him nothing was made that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it...And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We looked upon His glory, the glory of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:1-5, 14 TLV

“Now the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near...But after His brothers went to the Feast, He also went, not openly but secretly. Then the Judean leaders were searching for Him at the Feast and kept asking, ‘Where is that fellow?’ There was a lot of murmuring about Him in the crowds. Some were saying, ‘He is good.’ But others were saying, ‘Not so! He leads the people astray.’ Yet no one spoke openly about Him for fear of the Judean leaders. About halfway through the Feast, Yeshua went up to the Temple and began teaching. Then the Judean leaders were amazed, saying, ‘How does this man know so much, having never been taught?’...On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Yeshua stood up and cried out loudly, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” Now He said this about the Ruach, whom those who trusted in Him were going to receive; for the Ruach was not yet given, since Yeshua was not yet glorified.” John 7:2, 10-15, 37-39 TLV