Shemini Atzeret

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Hebrew

וְהָלַכְתָּ לְאֹהָלֶיךָ: שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים
תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי
עֲצֶרֶת לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא
תַעֲשֶׂה מְלָאכָה:

Sephardi

V'halachta l'ohalecha: Sheshet yamim
tochal matzot uvayom hash'vi'i
atzeret laAdonai elohecha lo
ta'aseh m'lachah:

English

You shall remain in Jerusalem through the following night, and you may only turn to go home beginning on the morning of the sixteenth. Then, you may go back to your tent—your home—in the cities where you live. On the first day of Pesach, the matzot you eat should be made of grain from the old crop. However, for the next six days, from the second day of Pesach, when you bring the Omer-offering, you may eat matzot made of grain from the new crop; you shall not eat leavened bread all seven days of Pesach. On the first day of Pesach and then again on the seventh day, it shall be a day on which you cease to perform any work in honor of the Lord, your God; you shall not do any work.

Fourth Reading (On Shabbat: Sixth Reading)

Hebrew

שִׁבְעָה שָׁבֻעֹת
תִּסְפָּר־לָךְ מֵהָחֵל חֶרְמֵשׁ
בַּקָּמָה תָּחֵל לִסְפֹּר שִׁבְעָה
שָׁבֻעוֹת: וְעָשִׂיתָ חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת
לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִסַּת נִדְבַת יָדְךָ
אֲשֶׁר תִּתֵּן כַּאֲשֶׁר יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ: וְשָׂמַחְתָּ לִפְנֵי | יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ
וַאֲמָתֶךָ וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ
וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָה אֲשֶׁר
בְּקִרְבֶּךָ בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ
שָׁם: וְזָכַרְתָּ כִּי־עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ
בְּמִצְרַיִם וְשָׁמַרְתָּ וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶת־
הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה:

Sephardi

Shiv'ah shavu'ot
tispor-lach mehachel chermesh
baqamah tachel lispor shiv'ah
shavu'ot: V'asita chag shavu'ot
laAdonai elohecha misat nidvat yad'cha
asher titen ka'asher yevarechecha Adonai
elohecha: V'samachta lifnei | Adonai
elohecha atah uvincha uvittecha v'avdecha
va'amatecha v'halevi asher bish'arecha
v'hager v'hayatom v'ha'almanah asher
b'kirbecha bamakom asher yivchar
Adonai elohecha l'shaken shemo
sham: V'zacharta ki-eved hayita
b'Mitzrayim v'shamarta v'asita et-
hachuqim ha'eleh:

English

You shall count weeks for yourself; beginning on the sixteenth of Nissan, when the sickle is first put to the standing crop, you shall begin to count seven weeks. At the conclusion of this seven week count, you shall celebrate the Festival of Shavuot for the Lord, your God; you shall bring as many peace-offerings as you can afford to give, in proportion to how much the Lord, your God, will have blessed you. And you shall rejoice before the Lord, your God, you, together with your son and daughter. Ensure that your manservant and maidservant, and also the Levite who dwells within your cities, the convert, the orphan, the widow, and any needy people who are among you, have enough with which to celebrate. You shall celebrate in Jerusalem—the place that the Lord, your God, will choose to rest His name there. You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and God took you out from there, so that you should preserve and perform these statutes.

Fifth Reading (On Shabbat: Seventh Reading)

Hebrew

חַג הַסֻּכֹּת
תַּעֲשֶׂה לְךָ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בְּאָסְפְּךָ
מִגָּרְנְךָ וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ: וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְּחַגֶּךָ
אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ
וְהַלֵּוִי וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָה
אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ: שִׁבְעַת יָמִים
תָּחֹג לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בַּמָּקוֹם
אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה כִּי יְבָרֶכְךָ
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל תְּבוּאָתְךָ
וּבְכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ וְהָיִיתָ אַךְ
שָׂמֵחַ: שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים | בַּשָּׁנָה
יֵרָאֶה כָל־זְכוּרְךָ אֶת־פְּנֵי | יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחָר בְּחַג

Sephardi

Chag hasukkot
ta'aseh lecha shiv'at yamim b'osp'cha
migoron'cha umiyikvecha: V'samachta b'chagecha
atah uvincha uvittecha v'avdecha va'amatecha
v'halevi v'hager v'hayatom v'ha'almanah
asher bish'arecha: Shiv'at yamim
tachog laAdonai elohecha bamakom
asher-yivchar Adonai ki yevarechecha
Adonai elohecha b'chol t'vuatcha
uvchol ma'aseh yadecha v'hayita ach
same'ach: Shalosh pe'amim | bashanah
yera'eh khol-z'churcha et-p'nei | Adonai
elohecha bamakom asher yivchar b'chag

English

You shall celebrate the Festival of Sukkot for seven days, beginning from the evening before the fifteenth of Tishrei, which is when you typically gather all harvest from your threshing floor and your wine vat for the winter season. And you shall rejoice on your festival, you, together with your son and daughter. Ensure that your manservant and maidservant, and also the Levite, the convert, the orphan, the widow, and any needy people who dwell in your cities, have enough with which to celebrate. For seven days you shall celebrate the Festival of Sukkot for the Lord, your God, in Jerusalem—the place that the Lord will choose, because the Lord, your God, will bless you in all of your crops and in all the work of your hand, and you will only be happy. Three times a year, all of your males shall appear before

Hebrew

הַמַּצּוֹת וּבְחַג הַשָּׁבֻעוֹת וּבְחַג
הַסֻּכּוֹת וְלֹא יֵרָאֶה אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה
רֵיקָם: אִישׁ כְּמַתְּנַת יָדוֹ כְּבִרְכַּת
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לָךְ:

Sephardi

hamatzot uv'chag hashavu'ot uv'chag
hasukkot v'lo yera'eh et-p'nei Adonai
reikam: Ish k'matnat yado k'virkat
Adonai elohecha asher natan-lach:

English

the Lord, your God, in the Holy Temple—the place that He will choose to rest His name, on Pesach—the Festival of Matzot, on the Festival of Shavuot, and on the Festival of Sukkot; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. Each man should bring sacrifices according to what his hand can afford to give, according to the amount of blessing that the Lord, your God, has given you.

MAFTIR FOR SHEMINI ATZERET

The following is the commandment for the special offering brought in the Holy Temple on Shemini Atzeret.

Final Reading

Hebrew

בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת
תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה
לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ: וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם עֹלָה
אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָה פַּר
אֶחָד אַיִל אֶחָד כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־
שָׁנָה שִׁבְעָה תְּמִימִם: מִנְחָתָם
וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם לַפָּר לָאַיִל וְלַכְּבָשִׂים
בְּמִסְפָּרָם כַּמִּשְׁפָּט: וּשְׂעִיר
חַטָּאת אֶחָד מִלְּבַד עֹלַת
הַתָּמִיד וּמִנְחָתָהּ וְנִסְכָּהּ: אֵלֶּה
תַּעֲשׂוּ לַיהוָה בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם
לְבַד מִנִּדְרֵיכֶם וְנִדְבֹתֵיכֶם
לְעֹלֹתֵיכֶם וּלְמִנְחֹתֵיכֶם וּלְנִסְכֵּיכֶם
וּלְשַׁלְמֵיכֶם: וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה
יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה:

Sephardi

Bayom hash'mini atzeret
tihyeh lachem kol-m'lechet avodah
lo ta'asu: V'hikravtem olah
isheh rei'ach nicho'ach laAdonai par
echad ayil echad k'vasim b'nei-
shanah shiv'ah t'mimim: Minchatam
v'niskeihem lapar la'ayil v'lak'vasim
b'misparam kamishpat: Us'ir
chatat echad milvad olat
hatamid uminchatah v'niskah: Eleh
ta'asu laAdonai b'mo'adeikhem
l'vad minidreikhem v'nidvoteikhem
l'oloteikhem ul'minchoteikhem ul'niskeikhem
ul'shalmeikhem: Vayomer Moshe el-
b'nei Yisrael k'chol asher-tzivah
Adonai et-Moshe:

English

On the eighth day, counting from the first day of Sukkot, shall be a day of restraint for you; you shall not do any work. You should bring the following animals as a burnt-offering to be completely consumed by fire, which makes a pleasing smell for the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs that are less than a year old; they should be unblemished. Along with the animals, you should bring the flour-offerings and wine offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for each of the lambs; you shall bring the prescribed amounts according to the law. You should also bring one young male goat as a sin-offering. All of this is besides for the daily burnt-offering, which is brought with its flour-offering and its wine offering. All of these shall be offered to the Lord on your festivals; they are to be brought besides for other offerings that should be brought on the festivals, such as offerings brought because of vows or pledges that you made throughout the year, as well as your burnt-offerings, your flour-offerings, your wine offerings, and your peace-offerings. Moses told the Children of Israel about all of these offerings, according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.

HAFTARAH FOR SHEMINI ATZERET

The following is a continuation of the Haftarah of the second day of Sukkot and speaks about the inauguration of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and the blessings that King Solomon gave the people at the inauguration. The celebration continued until Shemini Atzeret, when the people blessed King Solomon and joyfully returned to their homes.

Haftarah

Hebrew

וַיְהִי | כְּכַלּוֹת שְׁלֹמֹה
לְהִתְפַּלֵּל אֶל־יְהוָה אֵת כָּל־
הַתְּפִלָּה וְהַתְּחִנָּה הַזֹּאת קָם
מִלִּפְנֵי מִזְבַּח יְהוָה מִכְּרֹעַ
עַל־בִּרְכָּיו וְכַפָּיו פְּרֻשׂוֹת
הַשָּׁמָיִם: וַיַּעֲמֹד וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶת

Sephardi

Vay'hi | k'khalot Shelomoh
l'hitpalel el-Adonai et kol-
hat'filah v'hatchinah hazot qam
milifnei mizbach Adonai mik'ro'a
'al-birkav v'kapav p'rusot
hashamayim: Vaya'amod vayevarech et

English

It was when King Solomon finished praying this entire prayer and plea to the Lord, asking that His Presence rest in the newly built Temple, he stood up from before the altar of the Lord—from having knelt on his knees—with his hands spread out toward heaven. He stood there and blessed the entire congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, "Blessed is the Lord, Who has given rest to His nation—the