Shmini Atzeret Educational Outline

The Jewish Agency's for Israel

Shlichut Institute

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Shmini Atzert is noted in the Torah as a mitzvah – but without reason or explanation. On the eighth Shmini Shabbat, the end of the reading of the Torah (“Simchat Torah”) takes place. The term “Atzeret” means a mass gathering of the people. We want to adopt the term “Shmini Atzeret” as the thematic Jewish framework to mark the anniversary of the October 7th Massacre: a call for a mass gathering of the entire Jewish people in memory of the murdered and a prayer for hope and better days. Shmini Atzeret is marked with the Kalanit or anemone; the ready-to-print sticker file is also below.

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