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Simchas Torah 2024 — Arks (and bimahs and silver) to mark the holiday that celebrates the Torah

Top of the ark in the prayer room, Polna, Czech Republic

(JHE) — Shemini Atzeret and Simchas Torah —  the Jewish festival at the end of Sukkoth that celebrates the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings (and beginning of the new cycle), begin tonight. These are difficult times, … continue reading →