Every year, the High Holiday season comes, and we are facing the end of one cycle and the beginning of another. Among big holidays like Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah the holiday of Shemini Atzeret often seems lost and asks to question yet again “What is it about?” Don’t feel bad if you don’t recall anything about it except for something connected to prayers for rain, as the story of the Eights Day of Sukkot is not that easy to comprehend.

Shemini Atzeret is a holiday between Sukkot and Simchat Torah that serves a humble and important bridge between the two.

In this resource you will find the origin story of the holiday along with resources inspired by the uncertain nature of Shemini Atzeret – the beauty of “in between” energy.