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Yom Kippur is the day of prayer and fasting, beseeching God for forgiveness (Day Of Atonement. #yomkippur), then five days afterwards, Sukkot, is a day for realizing that that forgiveness has been given and the unity in relationship between God and self is fulfilled. In that, the faithful come together to rejoice this union and discover the true meaning of unity with each other.
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In 2022, Shemini Atzeret fell on October 17th, the final day of the Sukkot, bringing to conclusion the celebration of the secure knowledge of unity and friendship with God. Falling on the "eighth" day of Sukkot, it is separate (God created the world in seven days) yet connected. It is a time of gathering together, the meaning of Atzeret being "assembly" rejoicing for the unity with God and self.
In most parts of the world, Simchat Torah follows after Shemini Atzeret, but for Israel and Reformed Jews, the holidays are combined. Whether combined or separate, both of these holidays follow the weeklong festival of Sukkot, the festival of Booths.
Every year the Jewish faithful read through the Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. As Everyday Jewish Mom explains in the video above, each week of the year has a designated section of the Torah to read, thus all Jewish people throughout the world are reading the Torah and finishing together on Simchat Torah, which starts the sundown of October 17th (in 2022) and flows into sunset October 18th. This holiday is one of much joy as the celebrants rejoice over the completion and that of which they learned during their faithful yearly study. The beginning of the new year's Torah study will commence on the first upcoming Sabbath.
Israelis Jews in Tel-Aviv celebrate 'Simchat Torah' (Joy of Torah) by dancing with the Torah scrolls
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