שמיני עצרת
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Hebrew
Proper noun
שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת • (sh'miní 'atséret) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form שְׁמִינִי עֲצָרֶת)
- (Judaism) Shemini Atzeret (a Jewish holiday (holy day) occurring on the eighth day after the start of Sukkot)
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת (sh'miní 'atséret, literally “the eighth of assembly”).