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I've heard an idea that a year (like 5772) in which parashas Sh'mini is read eight times1 is a particularly auspicious one: the wording of the maxim is something like "sh'mona Sh'mini sh'mena" ([a ...
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msh210
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2020-09-01T05:28:58Z (over 3 years ago)
<p>I've heard an idea that a year (like 5772) in which <em>parashas Sh'mini</em> is read eight times<sup>[1]</sup> is a particularly auspicious one: the wording of the maxim is something like "<em>sh'mona Sh'mini sh'mena</em>" ([a year with] eight <i>Sh'mini</i>s is fat [=plenteous]). Does anyone know the provenance, wording, or meaning of this maxim/idea?</p><hr><p><sup>[1]</sup> This occurs in <em>chutz laaretz</em> (only) in a year in which <em>Pesach</em> starts on the <em>Shabas</em> after <em>Shabas parashas Tzav</em>. In that case, <em>Sh'mini</em> is read the afternoon of <em>Shabas hagadol</em>, the following Monday and Thursday, the afternoons of the first and eighth days of <em>Pesach</em>, the following Monday and Thursday, and the <em>Shabas</em> morning after <em>Pesach</em>.</p>
- I've heard an idea that a year (like 5772) in which _parashas Sh'mini_ is read eight times[^1] is a particularly auspicious one: the wording of the maxim is something like "_sh'mona Sh'mini sh'mena_" ([a year with] eight <i>Sh'mini</i>s is fat [=plenteous]). Does anyone know the provenance, wording, or meaning of this maxim/idea?
- [^1]: This occurs in _chutz laaretz_ (only) in a year in which _Pesach_ starts on the _Shabas_ after _Shabas parashas Tzav_. In that case, _Sh'mini_ is read the afternoon of _Shabas hagadol_, the following Monday and Thursday, the afternoons of the first and eighth days of _Pesach_, the following Monday and Thursday, and the _Shabas_ morning after _Pesach_.