Our friends at the Shechter Institutes, Masorti Movement in Israel, Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, and Schechter Rabbinical Seminary prepared a special supplement with prayers and thoughts for the High Holidays, Sukkot and Simchat Torah 5785 in the shadow of the October War.
Click below to download the English version or here for the Hebrew version.
"On one hand, we are commanded in the Torah to rejoice on Sukkot (Lev. 23:40; Deut. 16:14-15) and on Shavuot (Deut. 16:11), and the Sages derived from these verses that there is a positive commandment to rejoice on the festivals (Pesahim 109a; Maimonides, Laws of Yom Tov 6:17-18; Maimonides, Sefer Hamitzvot, Positive Commandment 54; Sefer Hahinukh, Mitzvah 488 and in the Chavel edition, Mitzvah 451).
Additionally, 'Simhat Torah' as its name implies, is a festival of songs, dances, and supreme joy in order to celebrate the completion of the Torah reading. How can we bridge this gap?"
Click here to read a responsa from Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin on how we should observe Simchat Torah this year.
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