[Avodah] Sh'mini sh'mini!

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 12:37:30PM -0400, Sholom Simon via Avodah wrote:
: During a leap year, in ch'l, when Pesach starts on shabbos, we (always?
: usually?) read from a different parsha eight times.  (I'll leave this is as
: a trivia question for now).

There was a saying: Shemoneh 'Shemini' shemeinah. Years like this one
were considered propitious for a large crop.

(I think I saw that in a sichah by the LR.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha