Shemini Atzereth

noun

She·​mi·​ni Atze·​reth shə-ˈmē-nē-ät-ˈser-ət 

-əth,

-əs

: a Jewish festival following the seventh day of Sukkoth and marked by a special prayer for seasonal rain

Examples of Shemini Atzereth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the day of the attacks, during the Jewish holiday weekend of Shemini Atzereth/Simchat Torah, meant to be a time of joyful dancing and exuberance, Israeli forces had been deployed to the West Bank in anticipation of settler violence and Palestinian responses. —Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Late Hebrew shĕmīnī ʽăṣereth, from Hebrew shĕmīnī eighth + ʽăṣereth assembly

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above