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	Judaism 101: Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
		Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." This holiday marks the completion of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings.
		There are processions around the synagogue carrying Torah scrolls and plenty of high-spirited singing and dancing in the synagogue with the Torahs.
		Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are holidays on which work is not permitted.
	www.jewfaq.org /holiday6.htm (665 words)

	Simchat Torah
		Shavu’ot is a time to soberly respond to the revelation of the Torah by committing ourselves to observe and study it, whereas Simchat Torah is a time to express our love and adoration for the Torah by rejoicing and dancing with it.
		Hagbah performed on Simchat Torah symbolizes the returning to the start of the scroll, and again is a picture of the circle of Torah.
		The Musaf for Simchat Torah is sometimes given over to additional merriment, with some synagogues allowing tasteful “fooling around” by the children in order to heighten the joy of the day.
	www.hebrew4christians.com /Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Simchat_Torah/simchat_torah.html (1220 words)

	URJ - Simchat Torah
		Simchat Torah, Hebrew for "rejoicing in the Law", celebrates the completion of the annual reading of the Torah.
		Simchat Torah is a joyous festival, in which we affirm our view of the Torah as a tree of life and demonstrate a living example of never-ending, lifelong study.
		Torah scrolls are taken from the ark and carried or danced around the synagogue seven times.
	urj.org /holidays/simchat (140 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Holidays: Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
		Coming at the conclusion of Sukkot are the two holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
		Simchat Torah is characterized by joyful dancing with the Torah.
		Simchat Torah is the day on which the whole community gathers to come into direct contact with the Torah and to express our joy in having received it.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /holidays/Shemini_Atzeret_Simhat_Torah/PrimerSheminiSimchat.htm (343 words)

	SIMCHAT TORAH : Encyclopedia Entry
		All the synagogue's Torah scrolls are removed from the ark and carried around the sanctuary in a series of seven hakafot (circuits).
		The name "Simchat Torah" came into use after the introduction of the one-year cycle for the reading of the Law (date?), and was due to the fact that the reading was finished on this day.
		By the end of the 15th century it was usual, though not a universal practice, for the children to tear down and burn the sukkahs on Simchat Torah (Joseph Colon, Responsa, No. 26); and shortly afterward many Rabbis permitted dancing in the synagogue at this festival (ib.).
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Simchat_Torah (1077 words)

	aJudaica.com - Jewish Holidays
		Simchat Torah, which means the rejoicing of the Torah, is held on the twenty third of Tishre (the second day of Shemini Azeret) and celebrates the annual completion of the Torah cycle.
		While Simchat Torah was not recognized as a distinct holiday during the Talmudic period, the annual reading of the Torah was still completed on the twenty third of Tishre.
		On Simchat Torah, all the Torahs are removed from the ark and the bimah is circled seven times.
	www.ajudaica.com /Jewish_holidays/SimchatTorah (301 words)

	Academy BJE : Adults
		Simchat Torah is the festival where we finish reading the Torah and start again from the beginning.
		On Simchat Torah the hakafot incorporate special dancing, with the Sifrei Torah held aloft and children balanced on the adults’ shoulders.
		On Simchat Torah (as on Shemini Atzeret) the prayer Kol HaNe’arim (“All the Young Ones”) is recited.
	www.bje.org.au /adults/displayResource.php?id=628&gid=2 (550 words)

	Quia - Class Page - LESSON 1 - TISHREI CHAGIM - SIMCHAT TORAH
		Simchat Torah is the final festival of the month of Tishrei.
		Simchat Torah is the only time when people under the age of 13 are allowed to recite a blessing over the Torah.
		When the Torah is placed on the bimah the yad is used instead of a finger, to point to the words.
	www.quia.com /pages/t4l1200356.html (374 words)

	Vancouver - Simchat Torah
		Simchat Torah, the festival of rejoicing with the Torah, brings the holiday season to a happy conclusion.
		A chair is placed in the middle of the sukkah, presumably with a Torah or at least a Chumash (The five books of Moses in bound form) placed on it, and the adults carry the young children, marching them around the Torah and singing the traditional songs for the occasion.
		So this Simchat Torah, show your children the joy, happiness, and celebration that come with being Jewish, and remember that it is they who will carry this joy to future generations.
	www.jfgv.com /content_display.html?ArticleID=163764 (708 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Simchat Torah
		On Simchat Torah (Joy of the Torah), in an annual ritual of continuity, the closing words of Deuteronomy are read (the death of Moses) followed by the opening words of Genesis (the creation of the world).
		Two Torahs will be unrolled as the temple celebrates the tradition of reading the final section in one Torah and the first section in the other.
		Simchat Torah: Congregation Kol Ami celebrates the end of the annual reading of theTorah and beginning of the cycle for another year, 7:30 pm Friday at First...
	news.surfwax.com /holidays/files/Simchat_Torah.html (2640 words)

	Simchat Torah Guide North Shore Jewish Center
		Simchat Torah is the celebration of the yearly completion and recommencement of the reading of the Torah in the synagogue.
		To start the ceremony, all the Torah scrolls are taken from the ark (the only night of the year when this is done) and starting first with the Kohanim (priests), then the Levites, enough people are called upon to carry each one.
		Simchat Torah flags were introduced for the purpose of making the holiday observance more fun for the children and of having them participate in the rejoicing with the Torah.
	www.northshorejewishcenter.org /holidays/simchat_torah.html (857 words)

	Annie's Simchat Torah Page
		Simchat Torah marks the end of the annual cycle of readings from the
		Torah that take place in the synagogue every Saturday morning.
		How wonderful it would be to have a day for Christians that is similar to Simchat Torah.
	www.annieshomepage.com /simchattorah.html (310 words)

	San Diego Federation - Simchat Torah
		Simchat Torah means rejoicing of the Torah (Five books of Moses) and indicates the joyous spirit of this holiday.
		On Simchat Torah a full year of reading through the books of the Torah in the Synagogue comes to an end and a new one begins.
		The scrolls of Torah are taken from the Ark and carried through the Congregation while participants sing and dance with them.
	www.jewishinsandiego.org /content_display.html?ArticleID=66626 (74 words)

	Jewish Holidays - Simchat Torah
		Every Shabbat of the year, from one Simchat Torah to the next, the Torah is read aloud from beginning to end in the synagogue.
		On Simchat Torah, the last portion or chapter is read, as is the first chapter of Genesis.
		Simchat Torah marks the completion of the reading of the five books of the Torah—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
	www.evjcc.org /resources/holidays/simchattorah.html (436 words)

	Simchat Torah
		Simchat Torah is the culmination of a month filled with uplifting experiences.
		The joy of Simchat Torah is far greater than any delight we may derive from intellectual understanding.
		On the morning of Simchat Torah, the final portion of the Torah is read, completing the annual cycle.
	www.sichosinenglish.org /cgi-bin/calendar?holiday=tishrei706 (195 words)

	The Jewish Outreach Institute
		Of course the Torah is central to Simchat Torah.
		In an effort to show the cyclical nature of Simchat Torah, some congregations unroll the Torah fully on a series of tables or have members of the congregations hold it.
		On Simcha Torah, the hagbah crosses his or her arms such that the Torah is lifted with the text facing the congregation.
	www.joi.org /celebrate/simchat/customs.shtml (453 words)

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		Simchat Torah, which means "Joy of the Torah," marks the annual completion of all the weekly readings of the Torah.
		On this day, Jews gather in synagogues to read the last portion of the Torah, Deuteronomy 34, and then they proceed directly to Genesis 1, as a reminder that the Torah is a never-ending cycle.
		During Simchat Torah celebrations, participants join processions during which they dance and sing while carrying the Torah scrolls.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3064527,00.html (182 words)

	Jewish Studies: Evolving Jewish Traditions - Simchat Torah
		After ‘ma’ariv’ all the Torah scrolls are taken out of the ark. Seven ‘hakafot’ (encirclings) are made with them around the ‘bimah’ (synagogue pulpit), and all the people dance before the Torah scrolls with intense joy.
		It is customary for the ‘Chatan Torah’ to invite the entire congregation to a feast on Simchat Torah.
		Simchat Torah may be a time when a group that would not be motivated to do so otherwise be gathered to commit to learning the skill.
	www.virginia.edu /jewishstudies/images/SimchatTorah.htm (2317 words)

	Torah Pride--Celebrating Simchat Torah
		Simchat Torah is the holiday during which we focus on our love of Torah and our pride in being Jewish.
		Children as well as adults often wave flags in the synagogue on Simchat Torah signifying their pride in the Torah and in Judaism.
		Another way for children to show their "Torah pride" is to make a "Torah pin" which can then be worn to synagogue for the holiday celebration.
	www.generationj.com /archive/spirituality/simchattorah.html (489 words)

	Holy Days Archive: SIMCHAT TORAH
		The joyous Simchat Torah celebration is a relative latecomer to the Jewish calendar.
		Whatever one's view of the history of the composition of the Torah, all agree that it was often disregarded during the first Temple period.
		Thus, the Torah itself is a symbol of the eternal partnership between Israel and the diaspora.
	www.clal.org /hd6.html (414 words)

	Simchat Torah Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She describes the excitement of building the sukkah and eating in it, the feel of the lulav and etrog, and the sadness at the end of the holiday, as well as the thrill of singing, dancing, and reading Torah (men AND women) on Simchat Torah.
		A young girl narrates her family's celebration of Sukkot and Simchat Torah: building and decorating the sukkah, inviting the ushpizin, eating and sitting in the Sukkah, blessing the lulav and etrog, going to the synagogue for Shemini Atzeret, marching and dancing on Simchat Torah, and listening to her mother chant from the Torah.
		Woven into the historical information on this and the Simchat Torah are many sights, sounds, and smells that help to bring this story alive.
	www.holiday-book-reviews.com /Simchat_Torah (541 words)

	Simchat Torah: Lessons in the circle
		Every year on Simchat Torah, we march with Torah scrolls and flags around the synagogue.
		Furthermore, in one of the many Midrashim based on the Creation story read on Simchat Torah, we are told that while God was creating this world, He simultaneously created countless smaller worlds - a metaphor (perhaps) for mankind.
		A Midrash teaches that the Torah itself declared, "A human king builds a palace not according to his own ideas but according to the ideas of an architect.
	www.jewishaz.com /jewishnews/041001/simchat.shtml (770 words)

	Simchat Torah - Celebrating the Torah
		On Simchat Torah, the Torah, too, wants to dance, so we become the Torah's dancing feet...
		Sukkot and Simchat Torah are festivals when we rejoice and celebrate.
		And Simchat Torah when we rejoice with the Torah.
	www.chabad.org /holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/4689/jewish/Simchat.htm (152 words)

	Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
		Simchat Torah is celebrated the same day as Shemini Atzeret in Israel and by Reform Jews.
		On Simchat Torah we celebrate the completion of the yearly cycle of Torah reading and begin it anew.
		In order to celebrate the Torah and every Jew's relationship to it, there is a tradition that everyone is called up the Torah on Simchat Torah to recite the Torah blessings.
	www.hillel.org /jewish/holidays/atzerettorah (405 words)

	USCJ: Simchat Torah 5764
		First, we are reminded that God did not send us out into the world without a road map, but rather provided us with a detailed and comprehensive guide to living a productive and praiseworthy life.
		When we physically embrace the Torah, we acknowledge its primacy in our lives and reject any implication that it is simply a museum piece, worthy of admiration but not of application.
		We have all seen the look of unabashed pride and happiness in the face of a child who is entrusted with an important task.
	www.uscj.org /Simchat_Torah_57645657.html (513 words)

	Simchat Torah at Beth Sholom
		Torah dancing is circle dancing - we dance in a circle, holding hands or with hands placed on the shoulder of the person in front of you.
		The men holding the Torah scrolls can be part of the main circle or they can go to the center of the main circle and form their own circle.
		During our Simchat Torah celebration, such line dances are occasionally organized, but they are separate from the dancing that involves the Torah scrolls.
	www.tbsfl.org /members/stevetbs/home.nsf/SimchatTorah?OpenPage (830 words)

	Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Simchat Torah
		Simchat Torah, or as it is called in the Torah, Shimini Atzeret, is the conclusion of a month packed with holidays.
		On Simchat Torah we emerge from the Succoth.
		It is the time when we take out the Torah from the Ark and we dance with it in the synagogue.
	www.jewishmag.co.il /83mag/simchatorah/simchatorah.htm (791 words)

	JUF : Jewish Learning : Jewish Holidays
		It is a holiday of celebration for the mere purpose of God and Israel delighting in each other (Note: in the Reform movement, Simchat Torah and Shemini Atseret are celebrated on one day).
		Simchat Torah (The Rejoicing of the Torah) 23 Tishrei Celebrates the completion of the annual Torah reading cycle with the death of Moshe on the shores of the Jordan River and the beginning of the Torah reading cycle with the Creation of Genesis.
		Children hid their books and pulled out dreidels to make the Greeks believe they were gambling rather than learning Torah.
	www.juf.org /jewish_learning/holidays.aspx (1382 words)

	Sukkot and Simchat Torah Archive Page
		Simchat Torah, the Conclusion of the High Holidays
		Simchat Torah - What is in a Name?
		How to Achieve Happiness on Simchat Torah (even if you are depressed)
	www.jewishmag.com /jimmenu/sukkot.htm (37 words)

	YouTube - Rav Kenig Dancing Breslov Simchat Torah Shanie Safed 2007
		YouTube - Rav Kenig Dancing Breslov Simchat Torah Shanie Safed 2007
		Rav Kenig Dancing Breslov Simchat Torah Shanie Safed 2007
		Simchat Torah on Small Street in Tel Aviv Israel
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=CpIOigbon3g (303 words)

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