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Shemini Atzeret

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Shemini Atzeret: (lit."eighth assembly"); the eighth day of the Sukkot festival, a holiday in its own right, celebrated with great joy
As in a marriage, when the wedding-party is over, the couple's true intimate life begins. Shemini Atzeret is described as the "time of intimacy with the Divine." At this time, we ask for rain - the symbol of intimacy between heaven and earth.
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