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An illustrative image of emotions.

Simchat Torah: Using joy to overcome pain

By DR. MIKE GROPPER

A young couple on a date at the restaurant.

DateNight AI hosts pre-Simchat Torah speed dating event

Jews are seen celebrating Simchat Torah at the Western Wall.

How will the Jewish people celebrate Simchat Torah this year?

Family members of October 7 victims grieve over loved ones' deaths at the site of the Nova music festival a year after the Hamas massacre.

After our repentance on Yom Kippur, will God repent for October 7?

By SHMULEY BOTEACH

An illustrative image of Jews celebrating with Torah scrolls on Simchat Torah.

We must dance again on Simchat Torah

By MICHAEL FREUND

Israelis seen in Tel Aviv on October 6, 2023

Memories of October 6: What were Israelis doing before Hamas attacked?

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Israelis in unity, amidst terror attacks

In dark times Jewish strength and solidarity provides light - opinion

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

IN SHIR Hashirim, God is compared to a gazelle (seen at the Jerusalem reserve).

Praying to God and self-introspection as Israel is engulfed in war - opinion

By MOSHE TARAGIN

WEARING GAS masks in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War. 1991.

Israel's post-holiday return to normalcy marred by Hamas rockets - comment

By HEDDY BREUER ABRAMOWITZ

AT THE sound of a siren, we would halt the service abruptly and head down to the shelter for several minutes before going back upstairs and resuming (Illustrative).

Is getting the news out ‘pikuach nefesh’? - comment

FRESH EYES: Lifting a Torah scroll at Yeshiva University in New York, 1950.

Vezot habracha: The blessing of the Torah

By MICHAEL M. COHEN

SIMCHAT TORAH at Jerusalem’s Har Hamor Yeshiva.

Simchat Torah: Order, trust, and the joy of Torah

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

PRAYER FOR rain: Strong stream of rainwater in Ein Prat Nature Reserve, Wadi Qelt, south of Jerusalem, this past Feb.

Simchat Torah: The joy of Torah and the prayer for rain - opinion

By DVORA WAYSMAN

THE JOY of getting close to the Torah

On the eve of Simchat Torah - are women allowed to touch the Torah?

By NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH