Kids make special flags to wave. Adults pass out candy (a modernized version of the honey custom). And we reserve the penultimate aliyah of the entire Torah–Moses’s final blessings to 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 ...
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.