Simchat Torah Activities for Kids
Rethinking the Holy Days
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.
Celebrating the Happiness of Torah
Have you ever seen the same movie more than once? Do you love when it is on the screen, sometimes even quoting lines from that great flick? Most of us have at least one movie that falls into this category.
Blessings for Festival and Yom Tov Candle Lighting
When You Just Don’t Feel Joyful on Simchat Torah, Remember...
With every seemingly worse piece of bad news littering our social media feeds and our news cycles and in the streets right before our very eyes, it’s fair to wonder: What if we simply can’t be happy, even when we’re commanded to? What if you just don’t feel like dancing?
Sukkot and Simchat Torah Social Justice Guide
Rereading – and Reimagining – Sacred Stories
Reflecting on Simchat Torah
Thanks to social media and electronic devices you can check in on Foursquare and read the Mishkan T'filah prayer book on a handheld device at the same time. Yet for all the modern inventions, the Torah remains unaffected.
Seeing the Torah With Fresh Eyes
As Simchat Torah approaches, I am ambivalent: a new year offers a fresh start, even as we restart the same narrative the Jewish people have read for more than 5700 years.
A New Beginning Is a Precious Gift
Every year, in this season of renewal, we are given the extraordinary opportunity to begin again.