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Hebrew Date: Twenty-second of Tishri

Secular Dates: (5770) Oct 10, 2009 | (5771) Sept 30, 2010 | (5772) October 20, 2011

Duration: One day

Work: Not permitted

Name: Shemini Atzeret

Shemini Atzeret occurs on 22 Tishri (in September or October). It brings the celebration of Sukkot into a state of perfection and is celebrated by prayer and the ending of the stay in the sukkah. Shemini Atzeret literally means the assembly of the eighth (day). No work is permitted on Shemini Atzeret. (In Israel Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are celebrated on the same day).

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