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Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber

Rabbi, Los Angeles, CA
Simchas Torah – Origins and Laws

Simchas Torah – Origins and Laws

Although Simchas Torah is one of the highlights of the Jewish calendar, its origins are shrouded in mystery. Not mentioned at all in the Talmud or in any of the works of the Rishonim. The first mention in a Halachic work is in the glosses of the Rema (OC 669). What...