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Simchat Torah
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Who Chose Simchat Torah as the Day to Start the Cycle?
If the Torah was given on Shavuot, wouldn’t it make sense to celebrate the Torah and start the reading cycle then?
If the Torah was given on Shavuot, wouldn’t it make sense to celebrate the Torah and start the reading cycle then?
The Freeman Files
Essay
Holistic Holiness
Why is the holiday named after the mitzvah of sukkah? Why was this mitzvah chosen to represent the inner message of the holiday—what of the holiday’s other mitzvot?
Why is the holiday named after the mitzvah of sukkah? Why was this mitzvah chosen to represent the inner message of the holiday—what of the holiday’s other mitzvot?
Parshah
The Rebbe Unravels the Enoch Enigma for a Schoolgirl
"And Chanoch walked with G-d; and he was no more, for G-d had taken him."
"And Chanoch walked with G-d; and he was no more, for G-d had taken him."
A woman's wisdom built her home
— Proverbs 14:1
Print Magazine
On Sukkot, the Baal Shem Tov would exclaim, “Wake up! Where is the simchah? Celebrate!”
And he would explain:
“Every Sukkot, in the Temple, they would celebrate for seven days, non-stop.
“Rabban Gamliel would juggle torches and their eyes never shut.
“But now we are asleep! How could it be that we’ve been slee...
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