Simchat Torah 3168 / שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה 6929

Day of Celebrating the Torah ✡️

Simchat Torah for Hebrew Year 6929 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Prayer shawl (tallit) with Torah scroll in a synagogue

Simchat Torah or Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh, Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תורָה, lit., “Rejoicing with/of the Torah,”) is a celebration marking 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 (mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar).

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Dates for Simchat Torah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Simchat Torah 3165 23 Tishrei 6926
Simchat Torah 3166 23 Tishrei 6927
Simchat Torah 3167 23 Tishrei 6928
Simchat Torah 3168 23 Tishrei 6929
Simchat Torah 3169 23 Tishrei 6930
Simchat Torah 3170 23 Tishrei 6931
Simchat Torah 3171 23 Tishrei 6932
Simchat Torah 3172 23 Tishrei 6933

Tanakh

Erev Simchat Torah / עֶרֶב שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-17

  1. 1: Deuteronomy 33:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: Deuteronomy 33:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: Deuteronomy 33:13-17 · 5 p’sukim

Simchat Torah / שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers 29:35-30:1

  1. 1: Deuteronomy 33:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: Deuteronomy 33:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: Deuteronomy 33:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Deuteronomy 33:18-21 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Deuteronomy 33:22-26 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Deuteronomy 33:27-34:12 · 15 p’sukim
  7. 7: Genesis 1:1-2:3 · 34 p’sukim
  8. maf: Numbers 29:35-30:1 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18 · 18 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Simchat Torah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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