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Simcha is also the name of a kosher beer from Saxony, Germany. [2] It was also a slang term used in Jewish-American organized crime circles to refer to a pimp. [3] Members of the Chabad movement sometimes use the word Simcha (abbreviated as "S.") when referring to place names that begin with the word "Saint" in order to avoid what they believe is idolatry.
Simchat Torah (Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה ; Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle.
Vizhnitz Simchas Beis HaShoeiva in Bnei Brak on October 9, 2006 Mercaz HaRav, 2017 The Ponevezh Simchas Beis HaShoeiva on October 9, 2006. Simchat Beit Hashoevah or Simchas Beis Hashoeiva (Hebrew: שמחת בית השואבה, lit. "Rejoicing of the Water-Drawing House") is a special celebration held by Jews during the intermediate days of Sukkot.
The Simchat Torah celebration is now the most distinctive feature of this festival—so much so that in the Land of Israel, where Shemini Atzeret lasts only one day, it is more common to refer to the day as "Simchat Torah" than as "Shemini Atzeret". [32] In the 20th century, Simchat Torah came to symbolize the public assertion of Jewish ...
Simcha Bunim concluded that Torah is not something artificially imposed on human nature, but it, in fact, its real nature. Unlike contemporary Hasidic figures who believed that humanity's role was to escape the world as an ascetic, Simcha Bunim believed that it was instead to connect with the Divine so as to bring it into this world.
Simcha Jacobovici was born on April 4, 1953, in Petah Tikva, Israel, to a Romanian–Jewish family. His parents were Holocaust survivors from Iași, Romania, who emigrated to then Mandatory Palestine in 1941. [7] In 1962, the family relocated to Canada. [1] Jacobovici described himself in a 2012 interview as "totally committed to Judaism and ...
Simcha of Rome, a Jewish scholar and rabbi; Simcha Rotem (1924–2018), Polish-Israeli veteran; Simcha Shirman (born 1947), German born Israeli photographer; Simcha Soroker (1928–2004), Israeli economist; Simcha Weinstein (born 1975), English author and a rabbi; Simcha Zelig Reguer (1864–1942), chief Rabbinical judge
Seventh generation of Chabad. The Rebbe taught a new niggun on every Simchas Torah from 1954 until 1964, the year that his mother, Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson died. They were composed by a variety of composers; some say they were taught to him by his mother. In addition, he adopted the French anthem La Marseilles on Simchas Torah 1974. He also ...