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Double-Dip Holiday
Ends The Season

DAVID HOLZEL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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oming on the heels of
Sukkot is Shemini At-
zeret. Shemini Atzeret
means "Eighth Day of
Assembly" or Eighth Day of
Completion." Conservative and
Orthodox Jews celebrate the hol-
iday for two days. It is celebrated
for one day by Reform Jews and
in Israel.
Simchat Torah, the feast of
rejoicing in the Torah, falls on the
second day of Shemini Atzeret for
Conservative and Orthodox Jews.
It piggybacks on the single day
Shemini Atzeret in the Reform
community and in Israel.

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Despite its status as a major
holiday, Shemini Atzeret is large-
ly unknown. Its foundation is laid
in the Torah:
Leviticus 33:36: "On the eighth
day [after the beginning of
Sukkot] you shall observe a
sacred assembly and bring a fire
offering to Adonai. You shall not
work at your occupations.
Numbers 29:35-38 echoes
Leviticus, and specifies the ani-
mal sacrifices to be made.

Autumn begins

annual Torah-reading cycle.

Like a wedding
The congregation reads the
final chapters of Deuteronomy,
then the first chapter of Genesis,
to bring the Torah together in a
seamless circle. Thematically, the
reading goes from the death of
Moses, to the creation of the
world, emphasizing the unend-
ing cycle of life.
The rejoicing is put in the con-
text of a Jewish wedding. A
chatan Torah or kallat Torah
(bridegroom or bride of the To-
rah) completes Deuteronomy. A
chatan Bereshit or kallat Bereshit
(bridegroom or bride of Genesis)
begins the Torah reading.

Get up and dance

On Simchat Torah, congre-
gants perform seven hakafot, or
processions carrying Torah
scrolls. Celebrants then dance
with the scrolls. This is done both
on the evening of the holiday and
during the next morning's ser-
vices. The celebration is an ener-
getic one that often has children
carrying small Torah scrolls or
waving flags as they parade
around the synagogue.

Fall begins in earnest on
Shemini Atzeret. It is the day Take a breather
when prayers for rain in Israel
Exhausted from celebrating
begin. The Yizkor prayer for the the festivals of Tishrei? You have
dead is said on Shemini Atzeret. a break until Chanukah — sun-
down Dec. 17. For holy day
What is Simchat Torah?
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Simchat Torah arose about Shabbat option and the Rosh
1,000 years ago as a cele- Chodesh observance of the new
bration of completing the month.

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