She shared with Ms. Pulwer her personal mission of the last three decades: throwing weddings for poor or parentless couples via the organization she founded, Keren Simchas Chosson V'Kallah, or the Fund to Bring Joy to the Groom and Bride.
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Whether partaking in all-night study before Shavuot (when the Bible says Moses received the Torah at Mount Sinai) or blowing the shofar during Elul, the period of self-reflection and repentance before Rosh Hashana (the Jewish new year), she uncovers the small detail (single malt Scotch is the festive drink of choice for Simchas Torah, when Jews celebrate the annual completion of reading the Torah) and the erotic one: "Sukkot is about shtupping" (Yiddish for both "pushing" and "having sex"), one rabbi tells her, describing the sexual aspect of thrusting the lulav and handling the lemon-like etrogs.
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Vizhnitz Simchas Beis HaShoeiva in Bnei Brak on October 9, 2006 Simchat Beit Hashoevah or Simchas Beis Hashoeiva (, lit. "Rejoicing of the Water-Drawing House") is a special celebration held by Jews during the Intermediate days of Sukkot.
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"Simchas: Alex Bregman with other Jewish baseball champs", The New Mexico Jewish Link, October 2011, p. 15. Harry L. Rosenfeld has served as Congregation Albert's Rabbi since July 1, 2011, and Barbara Finn serves as Cantor. The synagogue is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism, having joined in 1921.
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Mah Navu Alei (Hebrew: מַה נָּאווּ עֲלֵי) is a well-known zemer in the Iraqi Jewish tradition. This zemer was composed by Rabbi Shim'on ben Rabbi Nissim in the 19th century in Iraq. It gained widespread popularity among the Iraqi Jewish community, who otherwise do not have a wide variety of cheerful zemirot. It is sung at most Iraqi simchas and events, in particular at weddings and sheva berachot.
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In 1917/1918, wartime circumstances forced Horwitz to transfer the yeshiva from Homel to Kiev, where he founded four more yeshiva gedolahs. During Succos 1919, the Russians made pogroms in Kiev, killing hundreds of Jews. Many Jews in the area sought shelter in Horwitz's home, believing that they would be spared in his merit. On Simchas Torah, the situation worsened, but Horwitz instructed his students to conduct hakafos as usual.
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His shiurim were characterized by profundity on the one hand and clarity on the other, even in the most complicated sugyos. He would analyze the words of the Rishonim intently and give over his shiur with excitement. His students recall his simchas ha-chaim (positive, happy attitude) and the personal relationship he built with each of them. His shiurim influenced the way of learning in the Mir specifically and in other yeshivos as well.
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Nevertheless, he continued giving his shiur with energy and excitement, which he passed on to his thousands of students. Sheps died on November 5, 1998 (Hebrew date: 16 MarCheshvan 5759), and was buried in the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery in Jerusalem. Many of his drashos (lectures) and shmuessen (talks) were recorded by his students and published in a sefer titled Moreshes Simchas HaTorah. His shiurim on Bava Kama were published by his family in Sefer Divrei Simcha.
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In Jerusalem, there is a Simchas Beis HaShoevah at many Hasidic main synagogues on most nights of Sukkos. Particularly the eastern part of Meah Shearim is very busy, with large festivals being held at Karlin, Toldos Aharon, Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok and Breslov. The largest of these is the one at Toldos Aharon. Other places where festivities are held are the main synagogues of Dushinsky and Belz, as well as tens of smaller places around the city.
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Full members are entitled to all the benefits the Shul offers. They are also entitled to permanent seats in the Shul, which includes the High Holidays. You are added to the Shul's mailing list, and receive regular communications from the Shul, including a monthly newsletter. All the members personal details are entered into their database, so that they can notify members of upcoming Yartzeits, and so that their personal simchas and other important events can be noted in the newsletters.
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In August 2013, an alumni association was formed by a group of yeshiva alumni, spearheaded by Rabbi Yaakov T. Biderman (now executive director of the yeshiva), with the involvement and backing of the Roshei Yeshiva. Their motto is "By the alumni, for the alumni". The alumni association's primary goal is to keep the alumni united as a group, in order to network and support each other in both personal life and beyond. They arrange get-togethers, share simchas, and keep the alumni connected with their rebbeim.
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Simchat Torah or Simhat Torah (, lit., "Rejoicing with/of the Torah", Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah) is a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret ("Eighth Day of Assembly"), which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkot in the month of Tishrei (occurring in mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar). The main celebrations of Simchat Torah take place in the synagogue during evening and morning services.
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Silver was succeeded by Rabbi Simeon Glaser, who has served as assistant rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel at the end of Rabbi Silver's tenure as senior rabbi. Glaser was particularly popular with young families and children because of his love, and evident talent, for music and song. Glaser put on exciting Purim and Simchas Torah holiday services in which he would team up with Cantor Green and Assistant Rabbi Weiss to sing, dance, and act out the stories of the holidays. After serving four years as senior rabbi, Glaser left Beth Israel, first to serve at a small Conservative synagogue in Wethersfield, Connecticut and then to Temple Israel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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He wrote a letter of criticism against the establishment, and the establishment of the Ger dynasty in Israel didn't take it lightly, hence his admirers were continuously harassed and shamed by the establishment. In the middle of the Holiday of Sukkos (October 2019), following an attempted reconciliation that failed between him and the Rebbe, his men announced the existence of a separate congregation of prayers on Simchas Torah. In response, the establishment of the dynasty of Ger announced that they would ban students from their institutions whose fathers would attend the separate prayers. During the holiday, hundreds of followers participated in separate prayers and gatherings.
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