After a moving Simchat Torah, all the political talk of unity we hear cannot come close to the true unifier for the Jewish ...

This Simchat Torah, the focus must be on study and discussion of the questions the Torah raises today.

Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a ...

A year ago Simchat Torah became a day of mourning. This year, everyone is struggling with how to rationalize celebrating a ...

A few years ago, the Conservative congregation of 900 families overlooking Lake Michigan took on a challenge. This past year ...

Simchat Torah, the 23rd of Tishrei, which was on October 7 last year, is an ideal day to consider this question. It’s a day ...

On the Jewish calendar, the horrific attack of Oct. 7 occurred with the 22nd day of Tishrei, which is Simchat Torah, “the ...

On Motzei Shabbat Bereshit, after two festive days of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, Moscow marked a Simchat Torah ...

On Simchat Torah, I woke up with a heavy heart. It was hard not to think about where I was the previous year. At 6:30 a.m. on ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Simchat Torah is a time of joy, a celebration of the Torah, and a moment when the Jewish community comes together to rejoice ...

In discussing the swords, the bows, and the arrows, we may also note that the only time we read of Jacob actually fighting in the Torah, in any depth or detail, he was fighting an angel, and with no w ...