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Simchat Torah Activities for Kids

Activities to make the holiday of Simchat Torah meaningful to children.

Apple Dapple Cake

Recipe by

Deborah Rood Goldman

Try fresh apple cake with an irresistible caramel topping.

I’ve come to the conclusion we need to change the date of Simchat Torah. Our Jewish festivals must be re-envisioned as inspirational community gatherings of joyful spiritual Jewish celebration. Every single festival needs to be a time of great community involvement and meaning.

Sukkot and Simchat Torah Social Justice Guide

As a people with agricultural roots, Jews have found many ways to mark the seasonal and environmental changes that occur throughout the year. Sukkot has numerous other themes and areas of focus that encompass seasonal, historical, and theological perspectives. It is among the festivals that fall in the Hebrew month of Tishrei, emphasizing not only the cycles of the earth, but also the cycles of Jewish life. (The other holidays in Tishrei are Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, and Simchat Torah.)

Waving the Flag of Egalitarianism in Israel on Simchat Torah

Cantor Evan Cohen

One of the great paradoxes of being an American Reform Jew who chose to make aliyah (move to Israel) is that the whole concept of majority and minority is turned on its head. One the one hand, as a Jew, I am culturally and ethnically now part of the majority.

Closeup of a hand holder a sparkler at twilight

We All Are Worthy of Blessing

Sofi Hersher

On Simchat Torah, as we read the final portion of the Torah and immediately beginning again, what can the blessings to the Israelites teach us about our world today?

Rereading – and Reimagining – Sacred Story

Rabbi Leah R. Berkowitz

Erica Wovsaniker

"Tell me a story" is a constant refrain for those of us with children in our lives. Almost as often, when the last page is turned, the child looks up and asks, "again?" Sometimes, this is a joy. Sometimes, re-reading, and re-reading some more, becomes a burden.

Galilee Diary: Round and Round

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month there shall be the Feast of Sukkot to the Lord, seven days. The first day shall be a sacred occasion: you shall not work oat your occupations; seven days you shall bring offerings by fire to the Lord.

Reimagining Simchat Torah so Our Rejoicing Lasts All Year

Dr. Madelyn Mishkin Katz

The truth is Simchat Torah is not my favorite holiday.

There. I said it.

Stack of old letters tied with string; sealing wax and seal atop one loose letter

When the Student is the Teacher: Lessons From a Stack of Old Letters

Rabbi Steven Moskowitz

When a close family friend died, an old stack of our letters reminded me how I had been a teacher to him, even as he had been one to me.