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Simchat Torah and Shmini Atzeret
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Succot / Simchat Torah
Succot concludes with the especially joyous day of Simchat Torah
The Meaning of Shmini Atzeret
Why is there an extra holiday added on to the Sukkot holiday?
End Without an Ending
A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "v'zot Haberacha"
Simchat Torah for those Not Completing the Torah Reading
We have missed a few weeks of the Torah reading when our shul was closed. Does this effect our ability to celebrate?
Lessons on Simchat Torah and Shmini Atzeret
Beans, Fear & Simchat Torah: A Spiritual Recipe for the Heart & Soul
Rav Kook's innovative explanation of why lentils should only be eaten once a month, but not every day, deals with the difference between Yom Kippur and Sukkot/Simchat Torah, and the (rare) place for fear of death & punishment, as opposed to awe and love, which are our primary stress.
Simchat Torah for those Not Completing the Torah Reading
Hopefully, I/we will be able to make it to shul for Simchat Torah (=ST), but I and many others will not be finishing up the Torah reading, as we missed a few weeks when our shul was closed. Does this effect our ability to celebrate ST, halachically or experientially?
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Rabbis on Simchat Torah and Shmini Atzeret
