Simchat Torah is Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” is a Jewish religious holiday that commemorates the completion of the ...

Judy Elbaum, the Founder of Leave it to Bubbe, has been baking challahs nearly every week for more than 20 years. “Challah baking for me is a weekly ritual that is at once joyful and therapeutic,” ...

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You are reading at Simchat Torah time, the joyful high point of the High Holy Days journey. I am writing on the day after Yom Kippur, the deepest point of descent. This will be important later. The ...

Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” is a Jewish religious holiday that commemorates the completion of the yearly cycle of Torah reading. The Torah is a central part of Judaism and to ...

Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again. The Jewish holiday known as Simchat Torah, ...