Fwd: Here's what you need for an amazing Simchat Torah

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Date: Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 11:04 AM
Subject: Here's what you need for an amazing Simchat Torah
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Uber-joyous Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah starts before sunset on Oct. 23 and goes right into Shabbat

View Online Version ב"ה Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah starts before sunset on Oct. 23 and goes right into Shabbat. Dear Mr. You are invited to join our Simchat Torah celebration! At thousands of Chabad Houses around the world, we are getting ready for a joyous Simchat Torah celebration, and your participation would add so much joy. Yes, this will be an emotionally charged holiday, marking one full year since the attacks that have scarred our people and touched us all deep in our souls. But dance we must. And dance we shall. This year, there are captives, soldiers on active duty, and people on hospital beds who will not make it to synagogue (sadly, some may not even know what day it is). So let's dance even more, for them, with a prayer in our hearts that next year we will all dance together in Jerusalem. To find a Chabad House near you, click here. We wish you a joyous holiday and hope to see you soon! Your friends @ Chabad.org P.S. For the third (and final) time this season, Jews in the diaspora will be setting an eruv tavshilin and then lighting Shabbat candles three evenings in a row. 11 things to do before Simchat Torah 1 Elevate Your Mood With all that's happening, it may take effort to make this holiday joyous and uplifting. Here are some videos from our team that tackle this challenge from different angles: » Celebrating Simchat Torah After Oct. 7 » Should We Cry or Should We Dance? 2 Brush Up on The Holiday With two names ("Shemini Atzeret" is in the Torah, and the term "Simchat Torah" was introduced in the Middle Ages) and a range of emotions (we say Yizkor one day and dance with abandon on the next), this holiday must be unpacked and understood. » Read: 15 Simchat Torah Facts » How Should We Commemorate a Simchat Torah Massacre? 3 Prepare to Light Candles Three Times On Wednesday, say the holiday blessing (ideally before nightfall). On Thursday, say the same blessing (after nightfall from a preexisting flame). On Friday, say just the Shabbat blessing (well before nightfall from a preexisting flame). » Candle Lighting Times for Your City » Print Blessings and Instructions for This Year 4 Experience the Holiday With the Rebbe Learn from the Rebbe about the unique joy and inner rhythm that radiates outward from this season to the entire year. » Watch the Rebbe Explain Why We Dance With Abandon (Subtitles) » Read a Classic Teaching of the Rebbe Rendered by Tzvi Freeman 5 Read What to Expect The synagogue service of this day is like no other, replete with dancing, singing, capering, and maybe even some (moderate) drinking in the synagogue. » Read: What to Expect at Simchat Torah in Synagogue 6 Cook Up Simchat Torah Specialities In addition to challah (dipped in salt, not honey), your Simchat Torah meals should be festive and delicious. A Simchat Torah classic in many communities is stuffed cabbage (here's why). » Savory Stuffed Cabbage Rolls » Prepare Your Eruv Tavshilin 7 Print Simchat Torah Essays Make sure you have enlightening and inspiring reading material so that every moment of the holiday is uplifting and memorable. » Why Jews Dance in Circles » Torah in the Winter » Print Essays | Stories | More 8 Prepare for Yizkor On the first day of the holiday we memorialize our departed loved ones. » Print Yizkor in Advance 9 Get Ready to Restart Daily Study On Simchat Torah we complete the annual cycle of reading the Torah and immediately start it again. This is an ideal time to rededicate ourselves to daily Torah study, completing the entire Torah in a year's time. » Start: Chabad.org/DailyStudy » 1-Click Subscribe: Personal Parshah (Free Email) 10 Get the Kids Involved Get into the Simchat Torah mood with these coloring sheets, which you can either hang on the wall or turn into Simchat Torah Flags! » Print Coloring Sheets » Why the Simchat Torah Flags? 11 Take a Quiz Found everything you need, and feel ready for a rollicking Simchat Torah? Take our quiz to see how well you know this special holiday. » Take the Simchat Torah Quiz » Take the V'Zot HaBerachah Parshah Quiz For more on the holiday of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah visit: Chabad.org/SimchatTorah This email was sent to: agentemes4@gmail.com Change email address · Manage Subscriptions · Unsubscribe Chabad.org · Ask the Rabbi · Contact Us · Donate · Privacy Policy © Copyright Chabad.org · 770 Eastern Parkway Suite 405 · Brooklyn, NY 11213