Simchat Torah 37 articles

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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

Ahavat Hashem and Simchat HaChaim
Ahavat Hashem and Simchat HaChaim
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 12 Tishrei 5784 / September 27, 2023 Rabbi Manning’s series for 2023 has been sponsored לעילוי נשמת ברנה בת בנדית וזליג בן קלמן
Oct 2, 2023
By Rabbi Anthony Manning
The Mitzvah of Hallel (Part 2)
The Mitzvah of Hallel (Part 2)
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 4 Iyar 5783 – April 25, 2023 with a digression on Yom Hazikaron/Yom Haatzmaut Rabbi Breitowitz’s Tuesday Shiur is sponsored for the 2023 academic year...
Apr 27, 2023
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
The Mitzvah of Hallel
The Mitzvah of Hallel
with a short digression on Yom HaShoah Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 27 Nisan 5783 – April 18, 2023 Rabbi Breitowitz’s Tuesday Shiur is sponsored for the 2023 academic year...
Apr 20, 2023
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
Why Do We Advance Birchas Kohanim on Simchas Torah?
Why Do We Advance Birchas Kohanim on Simchas Torah?
The Electrifying Insight of the Kohein Gadol of Alexander Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Oct 19, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
An Original Remez to Hoshana Rabba and Simchas Torah in L’Dovid Hashem
An Original Remez to Hoshana Rabba and Simchas Torah...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Oct 19, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
To Kiss, To Dance, To Be One
To Kiss, To Dance, To Be One
To kiss is to express intimacy; to dance is to fill space with movement, with passion and joy.  In small and large ways, to kiss and to dance are ways to...
Sep 20, 2021
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Hoshana Rabba, Shemini Atzeret, V’Zot HaBracha: The End is Really the Beginning
Hoshana Rabba, Shemini Atzeret, V’Zot HaBracha: The End is...
Sep 17, 2021
By Rabbi Baruch Taub
Dancing and Clapping on Shabbat and Yom Tov
Dancing and Clapping on Shabbat and Yom Tov
In the last shiur we looked at showering on Yom Tov and the tricky question of whether the halacha, as laid down by the Gemara and the Shulchan Aruch, is still...
Sep 1, 2021
By Rabbi Anthony Manning
Showering on Yom Tov
Showering on Yom Tov
In today’s world, where many people shower at least once daily, not showering can be a cause of discomfort. Where there are two days of Yom Tov – such as a...
Aug 26, 2021
By Rabbi Anthony Manning
Haftarah Helper – Simchat Torah
Haftarah Helper – Simchat Torah
Download PDF Joshua 1:1-18 The Haftarah picks up immediately after Moses’s death in today’s Torah reading. Joshua takes the reins of leadership with multiple tasks before him, including crossing the Jordan...
Oct 8, 2020
By Zachary Beer and Rabbi Barry Kornblau

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