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SUMMARY:Shemini Alzeret / Simchat Torah
DESCRIPTION:This calendar listing is intended to provide information about
  the named cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actua
 l campus event. If a campus event is associated with this observance\, it
  will be listed separately on the master calendar.\n\n\nShemini Atzeret\,
  meaning the “eighth day of assembly\,” is celebrated after the seventh d
 ay of Sukkot\, but is in fact a holiday separate from Sukkot. It is often
  explained that Sukkot is like a seven day party\, where the Creator is t
 he host who has invited his visitors for a limited time. On the eighth da
 y\, he has had such a pleasurable time that he asks for guests to stay an
  extra day. Shemini Atzeret marks the beginning of the rainy season. On t
 his day\, no work is permitted and a prayer for rain\, called tefilat ges
 hem\, is recited\, so that it will be plentiful and bring healthy crops. 
 Simchat Torah commemorates the reading of the last part of the Torah and 
 the beginning of the first part\, to start the cycle of scriptural readin
 gs for the new year.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171013
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CATEGORIES:Public,Current Students,Faculty,Staff
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