On the night after my first Simchat Torah in Israel ... In recent years it has attracted many new immigrants from English-speaking countries. The synagogue spiritual head is the esteemed Rabbi ...

Rather: It is a question about Judaism itself. Every Jewish holiday occurs according to the Hebrew calendar. Rosh Hashana, for example, is always on the first day of Tishrei; Yom Kippur ...

(JTA) — How are we supposed to celebrate Simchat Torah this year with a full heart? The very name of this holiday — “the joy of the Torah,” celebrating the completion of the annual Torah ...

This is not a rhetorical question. The massacre of Oct. 7 happened last year on the morning of Simchat Torah, the day when Jews are supposed to sing and dance with Torah scrolls in a state of ...

This coming Simchat Torah marks the first one-year anniversary (on the Hebrew calendar) of the worst bloody massacre of Jews since the dark days of the Holocaust. It is so difficult to fathom ...

Fifty-one years ago, they chose to attack us on Yom Kippur, and one year ago, they chose to attack us on Simchat Torah. They coordinated their attacks on these dates, precisely because they ...

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. 7 Hamas ...

For many Jews across the United States and globe, memories of last year’s Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah will forever revolve around grim phone alerts and hushed conversations in synagogue ...

In that walk to the chuppah, I find an answer to a difficult and profound question many are asking this year: How can we dance this Simchat Torah? Simchat Torah is the annual celebration of the ...

Many are grappling with how to celebrate the holidays amid Israel’s many struggles, but Simcha Torah brings a message of hope and strength. MEN CARRY Torah scrolls as they dance at the ...

It’s written to tell the story of what God has done, is doing and will do about evil’.Footnote 6 We begin by looking at the use and meanings of good and evil in order of appearance throughout Genesis ...