The traditional response to finishing the Torah — "Strong, strong may we be strengthened" — was a balm in a terrifying moment, writes a mother and writer.

After reading this poem, my son Zachary pointed out that the Torah is rounded off by verses that generate a palindromic inclusion for the Torah.

Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again.

Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” is a Jewish religious holiday that commemorates the completion of the yearly cycle of Torah reading.

This reading conntains the message which we so desperately need in our times of disaster – the times of disaster which begin with the 17th of Tammuz.

Chanting Torah from the bimah, the synagogue’s stage, is one of the few ceremonial roles available to laypeople. But it’s not easy. Jews have to be able to read Hebrew and then learn the ...

Team Torah member readings are not just limited to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (the day of Atonement which begins October 11), but members can read at services throughout the year.

The congregation wanted a 9,300-square-foot addition to its current house of worship, but county commissioners agreed with ...

Traditionally, women have been locked out of reading the Jewish holy book in Orthodox Holy Day celebrations. But a small movement of female Torah readers is gaining ground both in the United States ...

Simchat Torah — which marks the end of the yearly Torah-reading cycle and begins on Thursday evening — is especially vexing: Although most commemorations of the attack took place on Oct. 7 ...

THIS TORAH, ANY TORAH, IS A LIVING THING TO GROWING AND INFORMING THEIR CONGREGATION WITH EVERY READING AND INTERPRETATION. THIS BEING THE SONG OF THE SEA.

Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again. The Jewish holiday known as Simchat Torah, ...