Vimmerby Municipality () is a municipality in Kalmar County in southern Sweden. The seat is in Vimmerby.
Olofström Municipality
Olofström Municipality () is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. The seat is in Olofström.
Karlshamn Municipality
Karlshamn Municipality () is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. The seat is in Karlshamn.
Ronneby Municipality
Ronneby Municipality () is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. The seat is in Ronneby.
Arvika Municipality
Arvika Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in central Sweden. The seat is in Arvika.
Arboga Municipality
Arboga Municipality () is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. The seat is in Arboga.
Boulton Paul Defiant
The Boulton Paul Defiant was a British fighter aircraft. This single-engine, aircraft first in August 1937 and was used by the British Royal Air Force in World War II.
Defiants were different to other fighter planes because their guns (four Machine guns) were in a rotating turret and could fire in any direction. They had two crew: one man was the pilot and the other aimed the guns.
Defiants were made to shoot down enemy bomber aircraft. When they were used during the Battle of Britain, they were good at this. But they were slower and could not turn as well as German fighter planes, like the Messerschmitt Bf 109. A lot of Defiants were shot down by German fighters.
After the Battle of Britain, the British only flew Defiants at night. In this way they could attack the German bombers that also flew at night, and avoid the German fighters because they only flew during the day.
Today, only one Defiant is left in the world; it is in a museum in London.
Emmaboda Municipality
Emmaboda Municipality () is a municipality in Kalmar County in southern Sweden. The seat is in Emmaboda.
Sunne Municipality
Sunne Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in central Sweden. The seat is in Sunne.
People have been living in this area for 5000 years. Old graves from the Iron age can be found at Kolsnäsudden
Surahammar Municipality
Surahammar Municipality () is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. The seat is in Surahammar.
Hallstahammar Municipality
Hallstahammar Municipality () is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. The seat is in Hallstahammar.
Lindesberg Municipality
Lindesberg Municipality () is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. The seat is in Lindesberg.
Nora Municipality
Nora Municipality () is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. The seat is in Nora.
Stenungsund Municipality
Stenungsund Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southern Sweden. The seat is in Stenungsund.
English Electric Lightning
The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter jet. It is a twin-turbojet. It was used by the Royal Air Force for the Cold War and by air forces of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Enköping Municipality
Enköping Municipality () is a municipality in Uppsala County in central Sweden. The seat is in Enköping.
Sigtuna Municipality
Sigtuna Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in central Sweden. The seat is in Märsta.
Ockelbo Municipality
Ockelbo Municipality () is a municipality in Gävleborg County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Ockelbo.
Hudiksvall Municipality
Hudiksvall Municipality () is a municipality in Gävleborg County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Hudiksvall.
Ljusdal Municipality
Ljusdal Municipality () is a municipality in Gävleborg County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Ljusdal.
Hofors Municipality
Hofors Municipality () is a municipality in Gävleborg County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Hofors.
Bollnäs Municipality
Bollnäs Municipality () is a municipality in Gävleborg County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Bollnäs.
Nordanstig Municipality
Nordanstig Municipality () is a municipality in Gävleborg County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Bergsjö.
Öckerö Municipality
Öckerö Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southern Sweden. The seat is in Öckerö.
Kramfors Municipality
Kramfors Municipality () is a municipality in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Kramfors.
Berg Municipality
Berg Municipality () is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Svenstavik.
Storuman Municipality
Storuman Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Storuman.
Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret ( – "the Eighth [day] of Assembly") is a Jewish holiday of the (Northern Hemisphere) autumn. In Israel, the date of the holiday is 22 Tishrei on the Hebrew calendar. Outside of Israel, it is two days long, on 22-23 Tishrei. On the Gregorian calendar, Shemini Atzeret comes in late September or early or middle October.
The holiday is best known for the celebration of Simchat Torah (שִׂמְחֵת תּוֹרָה), "Rejoicing of the Torah", when Jews finish the annual cycle of reading the whole Torah out loud in synagogue. Outside Israel, "Simchat" Torah is celebrated on the second day of the holiday. Most people outside Israel use the name "Shemini Atzeret" for the first day only. They call the second day "Simchat Torah" because of this celebration. In Israel, the one day of the holiday is called by both names.
In some ways, this holiday is part of the holiday of Sukkot. The "shemini" ("8th") is the "8th day" of Sukkot. In other ways, this holiday is a separate holiday on its own, and not part of Sukkot.
Shemini Atzeret is an important Jewish holiday. Like on Shabbat and other important Jewish holidays, work is not allowed on Shemini Atzeret.
The holiday of Shemini Atzeret is in the Torah (Pentateuch) twice, at and at . The Torah does not say much about the holiday, though.
The Torah says that this holiday falls on the eighth day of Sukkot. However, in the same paragraph, the celebrations of Sukkot are described as lasting "seven" days, not eight. The Talmud writes about this apparent problem. At the end of the section, the Talmud says that at the same time,
The laws and customs of Shemini Atzeret show both pieces of the holiday.
Some Jewish holidays have special rituals, like the Seder of Passover or the sukkah, lulav and etrog of Sukkot. In the Torah, there are no rituals like that for Shemini Atzeret. But starting at the time of the Talmud, Shemini Atzeret became the holiday for finishing the annual reading of the Torah in the synagogue. The celebration of that—called Simchat Torah— has become the main feature of the holiday.
In synagogues, one section of the Torah is read on every Shabbat of the year. The last section, from Deuteronomy, is read on the holiday of Shemini Atzeret. Over the last 1000 years, the reading of the last section has become a big celebration called Simchat Torah, or "Rejoicing of the Torah". This celebration is so important that the whole day of the celebration is called "Simchat Torah." In Israel, this celebration happens on the single day of the holiday, 22 Tishrei. Outside of Israel, it happens on the second of the two days, 23 Tishrei.
The name "Simchat Torah" does not appear in the Torah or the Talmud. The Talmud says that the final section of the Torah is read on Shemini Atzeret. But it does not use the name Simchat Torah, and it does not describe a special celebration. The first reference to any kind of celebration comes from the period of the "Geonim" (7th-11th centuries CE). That source mentioned the custom of dancing with the Torah, which is still a custom today.
In modern times, Simchat Torah has become a day to show Jewish pride in public.