of Jews who still the universe amaze. This poem was inspired on 10/27/24, a day after we celebrated the festival of Simhat Torah 5785, when we follow our annual conclusion of reading all the ...

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We pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded and Hashem's protection for the soldiers and citizens of Israel. Disrespecting the marital covenant will lead to disrespecting the covenant between ...

It marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings. At synagogues around the world, the highlight is the hakafot, during which congregants dance jubilantly around a Torah scroll.

“We started together reciting the first verse, ‘Breishit bara....,’ ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth,’ and then everyone read aloud, holding the card of Torah ...

All these rituals center on a moment in our history that is heartbreaking: the death of Moses. The narrative of the end of the Torah — read only on Simchat Torah — concludes with a difficult scene: ...

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NEW YORK — (AP) — Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah. Jewish leaders say the joy will return ...

After we shifted gears and completed the three remaining rounds of joyous dancing, we moved to the Torah readings that furnish the reason for celebrating Simchat Torah. The holiday marks the ...

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Monday morning echoed the words of a leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, instructing that yeshiva students avoid any non-Torah learning activity ...

So, for Rabbis in the Diaspora who are currently wondering how to celebrate this Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, I'd like to make a suggestion. On October 7 our enemies had a simple objective ...