This coming Simchat Torah marks the first one-year anniversary (on the Hebrew calendar) of the worst bloody massacre of Jews since the dark days of the Holocaust. It is so difficult to fathom that we ...

(Haaretz) — Just how progressive is your local Orthodox synagogue? Probably the best way to find out is to pay a visit during Simchat Torah, the holiday that starts at sundown on Wednesday, and take ...

Women are permitted to dance with a Torah scroll on the Simchat Torah holiday, a national-religious rabbinical organization has ruled. The Beit Hillel organization posted the religious ruling on its ...

Women are permitted to dance with a Torah scroll on the Simchat Torah holiday, an Israeli modern Orthodox rabbinical organization ruled. Beit Hillel posted the religious ruling on its website for the ...

JERUSALEM — Women are permitted to dance with a Torah scroll on the Simhat Torah holiday, a national religious rabbinical organization has ruled. The Beit Hillel organization posted the religious ...

During Chanukah, a group of Chabad bochurim from Oholei Torah Mesivta brought Jewish music, dancing, and pride to Times ...

Jews in New Jersey normally greet Simchat Torah, which begins at sunset on Thursday, with joy. It's traditionally a holiday of dance, song and feasts. Simchat Torah, which means "rejoicing of the ...

Answer: You are referring to a Mishna in Tractate Beitza (36b), which states: “Any matter for which one is liable [Rabbinically] on Shabbat either because of shevut [lit. rest, as they do not involve ...

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