SheminiAtzereth

She·mi·ni A·tze·reth (shə-mēʹnē ät-sĕrʹəs, -ət) n. Judaism

A festival happening after the seventh day of Succoth, marked by a service in memory of the dead and a special prayer for rain.

  [Hebrew šəmînî ‘ăṣeret, eighth (day) of assembly : šəmînî, eighth (from šəmōne, eight. See ṯmny in Semitic Roots) + ‘ăṣeret, assembly (from ‘āṣar, to retain. See ʿṣr in Semitic Roots).]

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