Print This PageNJOP and Jewish Treats wish you and yours a hearty Chag Sameach (Happy Holiday!), as we celebrate the joyous holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
The upcoming joyous festival of Simchat Torah, when we complete the reading of the Torah, and, almost immediately, begin reading it anew, enables us to focus on what should be the centrality of Torah in our lives. Why, Rabbi Joseph Soloveichik asks, do we only recite the blessing on Torah study once a day rather than repeat it each time the mitzvah is performed? To appreciate his illuminating answer, read this enlightening analysis entitled “Celebrating Torah” from Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald’s Torah message for Simchat Torah 5781-2020.
Out of respect for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, please consider printing it on Wednesday afternoon if you plan to read it over the holiday.
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