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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 </ref>
==Prayer on Shemini Aseret==
==Prayer on Shemini Aseret==
# Because Shemini Aseret is a separate holiday, if during the Shemini Aseret [[prayers]], a person mistakenly said in the "ata bichartanu" section "et yom chag hasukkot hazeh" instead of "et yom shemini chag aseret zeh", and he continued praying the proper yom tov [[prayer]], and did not realize his error until the middle of the beracha of "ritzeh", or even after "sim shalom", or even in the middle of "elokay netzor", one must return to "ata bichartanu" and correct one's mistake. <ref> Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] 451-454 </ref>
# Because Shemini Aseret is a separate holiday, if during the Shemini Aseret [[prayers]], a person mistakenly said in the "ata bichartanu" section "et yom chag hasukkot hazeh" instead of "et yom shemini chag aseret zeh", and he continued praying the proper yom tov [[prayer]], and did not realize his error until the middle of the beracha of "ritzeh", or even after "sim shalom", or even in the middle of "elokay netzor", one must return to "ata bichartanu" and correct one's mistake. <ref> Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] 451-454 </ref>