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Simchat Torah (Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, lit. 'Torah celebration'; Ashke****:
Simchas Torah), also
spelled Simhat Torah, is a
Jewish holiday that celebrates...
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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...
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Simchat Beit
Hashoevah or
Simchas Beis
Hashoeiva (Hebrew: שמחת בית השואבה, lit. "Rejoicing of the Water-Drawing House") is a
special celebration held...
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Congregation Beit
Simchat Torah ("CBST") is a non-denominational, pluralistic,
progressive LGBTQ+
Jewish synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street, in...
- (bimah) with the Four
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...
- Land 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')...
- on 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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Zeved habat (Hebrew: זֶבֶד הַבָּת - Gift of the Daughter) or
Simchat Bat (Hebrew: שמחת בת -
Celebration of the Daughter) is the
Jewish naming ceremony...
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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...
- embarr****ing
those who were
unable to read the
Torah script (Shabbat 11a). On
Simchat Torah, the
tradition is that all
members of the
congregation are called...
