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==Shemini Aseret== | ==Shemini Aseret== | ||
# Shemini Aseret is a holiday independent of the adjoining holiday of [[Sukkot]]. <ref> Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 4b and [[Sukkah]] 48a </ref> | # Shemini Aseret is a holiday independent of the adjoining holiday of [[Sukkot]]. <ref> Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 4b and [[Sukkah]] 48a </ref> | ||
# It is a praiseworthy practice to immerse oneself in the Mikveh the day before Shemini Aseret. <ref> Yalkut Yoseph, [[Yom Tov]], Dinei Simcha Biyom Tov, 15 </ref> | |||
==Minhagim of Shemini Aseret== | ==Minhagim of Shemini Aseret== | ||
# It is customary to recite Tehillim 12 which begins "Lamnatzeach al hashiminit" on the night of Shemini Aseret. <ref> Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] p 451 quoting Masechet Sofrim </ref> | # It is customary to recite Tehillim 12 which begins "Lamnatzeach al hashiminit" on the night of Shemini Aseret. <ref> Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] p 451 quoting Masechet Sofrim </ref> | ||
