OCTOBER 7/TISHREI 22
שמיני עצרת
Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
They are observed by completing the yearly cycle of Torah readings and beginning the next cycle, singing and dancing with the Torah scrolls and beginning to recite the prayer for rain (until Pesach).
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