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Shemini Aseret is a holiday following Sukkot and has a completely independent nature from the holiday of Sukkot. <ref> Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 4b and [[Sukkah]] 48a </ref> | Shemini Aseret is a holiday following Sukkot and has a completely independent nature from the holiday of Sukkot. <ref> Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 4b and [[Sukkah]] 48a.<br /> | ||
Rashi (Vayikra 23:36) states that the reason for the eighth day, Shemini Atzeres, can be explained with the parable of a king who invited his children for several days of feasting. When the time came for them to leave, the king said, "Your departure is so difficult for me. Please stay with me for yet one more day." After seven days of Succot God asks us to stay with Him for yet one more day </ref> | |||
==Prayer on Shemini Aseret== | ==Prayer on 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 </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> | ||
