Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

Virtually everything you need to know about the holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah: How-To Guides, Essays and Insights, Recipes, Stories, Multimedia, and much more!

On Simchat Torah we conclude, and begin anew, the annual Torah reading cycle, an accomplishment that produces unparalleled joy and dancing.

I “Bayom haShemini (on the Eighth Day) shall be an Atzeret (assembly) for you” (Pinchas 29:35) The Holy One, blessed is He, said to Israel: “[On the day of Shemini Atzeret] I and you shall rejoice together.” When Israel heard this, they exalted the Holy ...

Sukkot and Simchat Torah are festivals when we rejoice and celebrate. Sukkot has the special mitzvos of eating in the Sukah and shaking the Lulav and Etrog. And Simchat Torah when we rejoice with the Torah.

The nature of repentance and Yom Kippur, and the relationship between Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Simchat Torah

The experience of joy and the meaning of Sukkot and Simchat Torah: Understanding how they follow naturally after Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Include your children in the joy of the Simchat Torah holiday. Have them prepare for the holiday with guides, arts and crafts, videos, games, stories and more!

Band of the Four; 70 oxen, water libations, and dancing feet.

On Sukkot, we rejoice that G-d is happy and has seen His judgment proven right.

Without the Jewish Nation, the whole universe lacks meaning and purpose.