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Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret ("Eighth Day of Assembly"), which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkot in the month of Tishrei (occurring in September or October on the Gregorian calendar). Simchat Torah's main celebrations occur in the synagogue during evening
On Simchat Torah, the yearly cycle of readings begins anew. We Jews have a saying: "When it comes to Torah learning, we really never graduate." And, in a larger sense, what this represents is the ...
Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El, Lower East Side; Lab/Shul, Lower West Side; Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Midtown; Central Synagogue, Midtown; Sutton Place Synagogue, Midtown; TriBeCa Synagogue, Tribeca; Congregation Emanu-El of New York. Temple Emanu-El of New York (1930), Upper East Side; Fifth Avenue Synagogue, Upper East Side
Simchat Torah is observed on the 22nd to 23rd of Tishrei (Tishrei is the first month of the Jewish year). Upcoming dates: Jewish Year 5785: Sunset 24 October 2024 – Nightfall 24 October 2024
The New York City synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi ...
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah ("CBST") is a non-denominational, pluralistic, progressive LGBTQ+ Jewish synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street, in Manhattan New York City, New York, United States. The congregation was founded in 1973 by and for LGBTQ people, [3] and is the world's largest LGBT synagogue. [4]
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 ...
More than 900 donors and guests were expected to attend the largest single fundraising event in Miami-Dade’s Jewish community, including Israel’s former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.