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Simchat Torah
 

 

On Wednesday, October 11th at 6.03.PM begins the holiday of Shemini Atzeret. On this day we still sit in the sukkah until Thursday October 12th at 7.00.PM.
 

On Thursday, October 12th at 7.00. PM Simchat Torah begins until Friday October 13th at 6.00.PM. on this day we dance with the Torah, because we finished reading the Torah, and therefore we are happy and dancing.
We light candles on Wednesday October 11th at 6.03.PM, and on Thursday October 12th at 7.00. PM, and we recite the following blessing:
"Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to kindle the light of Yom Tov". 

And the blessing: "Blessed are you, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has granted us life, sustained us and enabled us to reach this occasion".

Eruv Tavshilin - when the second day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Friday that is Sabbath Eve, has to do, Eruv Tavshilin, to allow to light candles  and cook for Shabbat on the holiday, Lighting the fire will be made by transferring fire from fire and not igniting a new fire.

Order of making, Eruv Tavshilin:

In the first holiday eve (before lighting the candles) take a loaf of bread, or challah, and cooked food (such as fish or egg boiled or roasted), and give to someone else, to acquire it for everybody, and says:

"I hereby grant a share in this Eruv to anyone who wishes to participate in it and to depend upon it". The one to whom the bread and food was handed to raises them a Tefach (handbreadth) high and then returns them to the one making the Eruv, and recites the blessing: "Blessed are you, Lord our G-d, King of the Universe, who sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning the Mitzvah of Eruv". He continues to say: "Through this it shall be permissible for us to bake, to cook, to put away (a dish to preserve its heat), to kindle a light, and to prepare and do on the holiday all that is necessary for the Shabbat – for us and for all Israelites who dwell in this city".

 

The highlight of the second day, Simchat Torah (“The Joy of the Torah”), is the Hakafot, held on both the eve and the morning of Simchat Torah, in which we march and dance with the Torah scrolls around the reading table in the synagogue. (In many synagogues, Hakafot are conducted also on the eve of Shemini Atzeret.)
On this joyous day when we conclude the Torah, it is customary for every man to take part in the celebration by receiving an Aliyah (going up to the Torah and blessing). The children, too, receive an Aliyah!


On Friday, October 13th at 6.00. PM, Sabbath begins. This Saturday we are starting to read the Torah once again. We start from the beginning of Genesis, and we read the first portion. If you start this Saturday with happiness, so too the whole year will be happy. 
 



     
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