Celebrating Simchat Torah - Five Levels of Understanding

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Celebrating Simchat Torah : Five Levels of Understanding

The holiday of Sukkot culminates with the days of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, where we celebrate the completion of the Torah. Learn five levels of meaning behind this most joyous day.

Handouts:	Simchas Torah
Topics:	Sefer HaMitzvot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Simchat Torah

Aaron L. Raskin

Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin is the official Chabad emissary to downtown Brooklyn, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights, New York and Dean of Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy. He is the author of the books, “Thank You God for Making Me a Woman", "Letters of Light", "By Divine Design", and "Guardian of Israel", and the co-author of "The Rabbi & The CEO".

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Ester Dora Tarnogol Israel October 1, 2018

wonderful explanations, thank you Rabbi Reply

jorge Qro. Mexico September 30, 2018

I see passion in your words explaining the celebration of Simchat Torah. My soul wants to dance with the Jews who are dancing around the walls of Jericho because the walls of Jericho fall because of the Jewish Faith, the walls of sin that separates people. Thank you Rabbi, may G-d allows us to have a Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, a day of only joy. Reply

Igor Bartolic Croatia,Zagreb October 23, 2016

Hashem bless You all.Shema Israel.Love.Thank You Chabad.Shalom. Reply

Bridgette Kelleher Israel October 1, 2015

Thank you so much Chabad.org and the Rabbi's who are abel to help us to keep on leraning and understanding many things!
Please keep on with this great movement! Reply

Catherine New York September 27, 2013

As I cook dinner and fry potato latkas, I am listening to your teachings and I know that the Torah is truly the connection to God. Its such a wonderful thing that only the Jews seems to understand the intensity of that connection. How wonderful is that!. The very mitzvah that the world even knows about these stories is unfathomable, yet only because of the jews connection can the world even begin to understand.. Yet it happened. The world is a better place because of it. However, this generation seems to have strayed. This knowledge and joy is here however, and all we have to do is read, learn and live. Through living we can use our physicality to make the Torah alive. Only then can we bring happiness to this dark world. Thank you Rabbi, for sharing your knowledge and understanding and let us pray that we can spread this information among the masses, because the world suffers in darkness and that is because this world works hard to hide this wonderul understanding and connections. Reply

Anonymous September 24, 2013

Source? This is an absolutely wonderful shiur. Thank you Rabbi Raskin and chabad.org. Can I ask what the source of this is? I would like to learn inside as well. Wishing all much joy in the holidays to come. Reply