Editing Shemini Atzeret (section)

==Biblical origins==
According to ''[[The Jewish Encyclopedia]]'',<ref name=JESA/> ''atzeret'' ({{langx|hbo|[[wikt:עצרת|עצרת]]|ʿaṣereṯ|assembly}}) is the name given to this day in four different locations in the [[Hebrew Bible]].<ref><span class="plainlinks">{{Bibleverse||Leviticus|23:36|HE}}, {{Bibleverse||Numbers|29:35|HE}}, {{Bibleverse||Nehemiah|8:18|HE}} and {{Bibleverse||2Chronicles|7:9|HE}}</span></ref> It is not mentioned in [[Deuteronomy 16]], and is found only in those parts of the Bible known as the [[Priestly Code]]. Like ''atzarah,''<ref><span class="plainlinks">See {{Bibleverse||Amos|5:21|HE}}, {{Bibleverse||Isaiah|1:13|HE}} and {{Bibleverse||Joel|1:14|HE}}.</span></ref> ''atzeret'' denotes "day of assembly", from ''atzar'' ("to hold back" or "keep in"); hence the name ''atzeret'' given to the seventh day of [[Pesaḥ]]. <ref><span class="plainlinks">See {{Bibleverse||Deuteronomy|16:8|HE}}</span></ref> Owing, however, to the fact that both Shemini Atzeret and the seventh day of Pesaḥ are described as ''atzeret'', the name was taken to mean "the closing festival".<ref name=JESA/>