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Simchat Torah (Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה; Ashke****:
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, pluralistic,
progressive LGBTQ+
Jewish synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street, in...
- as 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...
- 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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Simchat Beit
Hashoevah or
Simchas Beis
Hashoeiva (Hebrew: שמחת בית השואבה, lit. "Rejoicing of the Water-Drawing House") is a
special celebration held...
- (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...
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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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segregation and apartheid. The
attacks took
place during the
Jewish holidays of
Simchat Torah and
Shemini Atzeret on Shabbat, and one day
after the 50th anniversary...
