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Water shows up in all sorts of places in Jewish life, from holiday traditions to everyday practices.
There is something genuinely restorative about being unguardedly, uncomplicatedly happy in public. And this is the night the Jewish calendar sets aside for exactly that.
In the same way others live in space, Jews live in time. It’s all here, all at once.
What does this day even commemorate, and how do we celebrate?
Learn how the verse Torah Tzivah in the last Torah portion, which describes Torah as an unforsaken inheritance, conveys the theme of Simchat Torah. Understanding the level of joy on Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, together with the advantage of Teshuvah, sheds light on the joy of Simchat Torah.
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On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads. We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads. If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not with others, some as lonesome souls. One head is higher, one is lower, one is here on earth, the other in the clouds or beyond, and some minds know only their own space that no one else can know. But we dance with our feet, and all our feet are here on the same earth—none higher and none...
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