Simchat Torah

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Simchat Torah is a time for rejoicing. However you interpret our sacred text, celebrating the Torah’s centrality to the evolving civilization of the Jewish people is important.

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Receiving and giving the awesome gift of Torah
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New ideas for celebrating Simchat Torah
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An innovative way to call up women to the Torah for a women’s Torah reading, highlighting the foremothers
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