Amid tragedy, communities creatively honor Simchat Torah, blending celebration with remembrance to uphold tradition while ...

A year ago Simchat Torah became a day of mourning. This year, everyone is struggling with how to rationalize celebrating a ...

The world in which we live is an avenue to the spiritual; we can access the spiritual, transcendent world through the physical world because the two are intimately and intrinsically connected.

Gaining the wisdom of Torah every week is an unusual way to honor the memory of the worst day in Israeli history. But by ...

but that much of it was derived later from the Torah’s text by the Mishnaic and Talmudic Sages. (The Rambam rejects the view of the Geonim and others throughout history who believed that every ...

The duality of mourning and joy coexisting reminds us of the importance of honoring both the pain and the celebration, as we ...

Rabbi Yitzchak reasons that G-d began the Torah this way to address a future question: “When the nations of the world say to the Jewish people, ‘You are thieves; you conquered the land of Israel from ...

How are we supposed to celebrate Simchat Torah this year with a full heart? The very name of this holiday - "the joy of the ...

As always, there is a source of truth to consult: the Torah. The Torah calls one person an "ish" – a man (as distinct from an adult male) – more than anyone else. This is Moses. The first act ...

Amid a difficult year marked by global turmoil and tragedy, Chabad of Bushwick invites the community to gather tomorrow for ...

Simchat Torah arrives this week. Here's why North Jersey Jews consider it one of their happiest holidays — but also, this ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Jews around the world are attempting a difficult spiritual straddle this week: how to celebrate the joyous holiday of Simchat Torah on the first anniversary of the Oct.