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Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

One allows us to extend the holiday of Sukkot; the other is a celebration of completing the cycle of reading the Torah - and beginning it again.

Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah star
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are two holidays that arrive at the tail end of Sukkot. But, they actually have very little to do with the holiday that precedes them.

Simchat Torah - Joy of the Torah star
Tishrei is a month jammed-packed with holidays, from the spirituality and solemnity of the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to the joy of Sukkot. The final holiday in Tishrei is Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, which is observed on the 22nd and 23rd of Tishrei.

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