Simchat Torah (Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה; Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks the conclusion...
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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah ("CBST") is a non-denominational Jewish, pluralistic, progressive, and LGBTQ+ synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street...
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Shemini Atzeret (section Simchat Torah)
to which practices of each holiday are to apply. The celebration of Simchat Torah is the most distinctive feature of the holiday, but it is a later rabbinical...
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shel galuyot (literally, "Second Yom Tov of the Diaspora")—including Simchat Torah—are also included in this grouping. Colloquially, Yom Kippur, a biblically...
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Sukkot (section Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah)
of Israel, two days in the diaspora, where the second day is called Simchat Torah). The Hebrew word sukkoṯ is the plural of sukkah ('booth' or 'tabernacle')...
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the evening before the date shown. Note also that the date given for Simchat Torah is for outside of Israel. On holidays marked "*", Jews are not permitted...
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connected to the day are read. Many Jews observe an annual holiday, Simchat Torah, to celebrate the completion of the year's cycle of readings. [further...
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Gaza war (redirect from Simchat Torah War)
It has also been referred to as the "Simchat Torah war", as the war started on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, reminiscent of the Yom Kippur War....
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October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel (redirect from Simchat Torah Massacre)
War. The attacks, which coincided with the Jewish religious holiday Simchat Torah, initiated the ongoing Gaza war. The attacks began with a barrage of...
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follows an annual cycle beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, with the divisions corresponding to the lunisolar Hebrew calendar,...
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Mussaf (section Simchat Torah)
holidays during the chazzan's repetition only during Mussaf. But on Simchat Torah, it is recited during Shacharit. This is because there is a tradition...
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Tishrei (and 23 outside of Israel) – Shemini Atzeret/Atzeres & Simchat Torah/Simchas Torah 1 Tishrei (c. 3760 BCE) – Adam and Eve were created, according...
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Hakafot (section On Simchat Torah)
species on each of the seven days of the holiday. On Simchat Torah, the custom is to take the Torah scrolls out of the Ark and to encircle the reader’s...
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festivals running through Sukkot which end on Shemini Atzeret in Israel and Simchat Torah everywhere else. Rosh Hashanah is a two-day observance and celebration...
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avoid embarrassing those who were unable to read the Torah script (Shabbat 11a). On Simchat Torah, the tradition is that all members of the congregation...
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Hamas-led attack on Israel on the 22nd of Tishrei 5784, the holiday of Simchat Torah, October 7, 2023, and the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces who...
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Judaism (section The Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim)
Jews begin to pray for rain and Simchat Torah, "Rejoicing of the Torah", a holiday which marks reaching the end of the Torah reading cycle and beginning all...
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observe an annual holiday, Simchat Torah, to celebrate the completion and new start of the year's cycle of readings. Torah scrolls are often dressed with...
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American rabbi who served as spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City for thirty-two years. She was appointed the synagogue's...
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/ Feast of Trumpets (TX, NY, religious) Shemini Atzeret (religious) Simchat Torah (religious) Vijaya Dashami (religious) Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement...
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Holishkes (category Simchat Torah)
symbolize a bountiful harvest, and on Simchat Torah because two stuffed cabbage rolls placed side by side resemble Torah scrolls. Jews in the Russian Empire...
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coincide with Jewish holidays: the final day of Sukkot (6 October) and Simchat Torah (7 October), the rave was billed as a celebration of "friends, love...
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the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, it is customary to call all the boys (in some synagogues, all the children) to the Torah reading and for the whole...
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tradition. A version called holishkes is traditionally eaten by Jews on Simchat Torah. Recipes vary depending on region; northern Poles prefer a savory sauce...
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Kreplach (category Simchat Torah)
at the pre-fast meal before Yom Kippur, and on Hoshana Rabbah and Simchat Torah. According to Kabbalah, it is customary to eat kreplach during these...
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cooking. It is customary for Jewish families to eat stuffed cabbage on Simchat Torah. Assyrians prepare meatless dolmas for Lent. When traditional ingredients...
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intermediate days of Sukkot and during the traditional celebration of Simchat Torah, the most joyous day in the Jewish calendar, joyful niggunim are sung...
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Atzeret, Simchat Torah can never fall on Shabbat, and there is no Mincha reading for Simchat Torah. The individual readings for Simchat Torah are as follows:...
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Teiglach (category Simchat Torah)
are a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish treat for Rosh Hashana, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, and Purim. Teiglach date back to the times of the Romans who made strips...
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storefront. The lowest three stories house a synagogue for Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, which includes a lobby; a double-height sanctuary; and a basement with...
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