Shemini Atzeret 2025

October 2025 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Columbus Day Monday October 13 10 months, 21 days or 325 days 14 Shemini Atzeret Tuesday October 14 10 months, 22 days or 326 days 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Friday October 31 11 months, 9 days or 343 days

Shemini Atzeret for the year 2025 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Monday, October 13th ending at sundown on Tuesday, October 14.

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 2025

Tuesday, October 14th is day number 287 of the 2025 calendar year with 10 months, 22 days until Shemini Atzeret 2025.