Simchat Torah
Dancing with the Torah: Simchat Torah
Simchat TorahRabbi Arthur Waskow
CHAPTER V: From Seasons of Our Joy
(Beacon, 1990)S h'mini Atzeret teaches us to put seeds of Yod, of new life, quietly underground, there to hibernate until the spring. But it is hard to wait. We need some proof of new life now. So Sh'mini Atzeret also carries within itself the proof of the flowering. On the second day of the festival we turn from the natural world to the Torah — and behold, its end leads at once to its beginning!
Dancing with the Torah
Simchat TorahRabbi Arthur Waskow
Simchat Torah: Dancing with the Torah
One major contribution Reb Zalman made to the renewal of Judaism was recasting and renewing the Sphirot of Kabbalah, and he did a lot of this thru Simchat Torah.
On that night we danc
