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Simchat Torah
Celebrating the 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!
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Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Cause It's Hard to Say Bye
On Simchat Torah we conclude, and begin anew, the annual Torah reading cycle, an accomplishment that produces unparalleled joy and dancing.
Jewish Practice » Mitzvah Minutes » Holiday » Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
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Dancing With G-d 
By Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal
In the gas chambers, one boy shouted: "Brothers! Today is the holiday of Simchat Torah. We do not have clothes to cover us, nor a Torah scroll with which to dance. So let us dance with G‑d Himself—who is surely here among us."
Library » Stories » Contemporary » Dancing With G-d
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Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret & Simhat-Torah
Sukkah Huts & Dancing Feet
Band of the Four; 70 oxen, water libations, and dancing feet.
Kabbalah Online » Holidays » Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret & Simhat-Torah
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Simchat Torah
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!
Kids » Holidays » High Holidays » Simchat Torah
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Days of Awe: A Time To Rejoice
Part 3 of 3
By Manis Friedman
The experience of joy and the meaning of Sukkot and Simchat Torah: Understanding how they follow naturally after Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Audio Classes » Holidays » High Holidays » High Holiday Audio Classes » Days of Awe: A Time To Rejoice
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Days of Awe: When Sin Becomes a Virtue
Part 2 of 3
By Manis Friedman
The nature of repentance and Yom Kippur, and the relationship between Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Simchat Torah
Audio Classes » Holidays » High Holidays » High Holiday Audio Classes » Days of Awe: When Sin Becomes a Virtue
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Sukkot and Simchat Torah
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.
Audio Classes » Holidays » Sukkot and Simchat Torah
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Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah
By J. Immanuel Schochet
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 ...
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » Living With Moshiach » Holidays » Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah
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Sukkot and Simchat Torah: an Anthology of Insights
Compiled by Yanki Tauber
What Sukkot is to Rosh Hashanah, Simchat Torah is to Yom Kippur: a full moon to its new moon, a celebration of its solemnity, a revelation of its essence
Magazine » 5764 (2003-2004) » Sukkot & Simchat Torah » Sukkot and Simchat Torah: an Anthology of Insights
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