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Simchat Torah 41 articles

Jewish Holidays

On Simchat Torah we finish the annual Torah reading cycle and begin anew. It’s marked by Hakafot, festive singing and dancing with the Torah

Simchat Torah: A Celebration of Our Relationship with God
Simchat Torah: A Celebration of Our Relationship with God
The holiday of Simchat Torah is a great invention of the Jewish People in their Exile. It celebrates the completion of and the beginning of the “Reading of the Torah.” Since...
Jun 26, 2006
By OU Staff

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