Shemini Atzeret 2021

September 2021 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 Labor Day Monday September 6 -2 years, -7 months, -20 days or -963 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 Grandparents Day Sunday September 12 -2 years, -7 months, -14 days or -957 days 13 14 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Friday September 17 -2 years, -7 months, -9 days or -952 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Shemini Atzeret Tuesday September 28 -2 years, -6 months, -28 days or -941 days 29 30

Shemini Atzeret for the year 2021 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Monday, September 27th ending at sundown on Tuesday, September 28.

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 2021

Tuesday, September 28th is day number 271 of the 2021 calendar year with -2 years, -6 months, -28 days until Shemini Atzeret 2021.