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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 Jewish, pluralistic, progressive, and LGBTQ+
synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
- (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...
- It has also been
referred to as the "
Simchat Torah war", as the war
started on the
Jewish holiday of
Simchat Torah,
reminiscent of the Yom
Kippur War...
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sections connected to the day are read. Many Jews
observe an
annual holiday,
Simchat Torah, to
celebrate the
completion of the year's
cycle of readings. [further...
