In unison, the honoree and the children say the blessings before and after this reading. Then the entire congregation blesses all the children by reciting the blessing Jacob gave to his grandchildren. In this moment of Simchat Torah, we see a parallel between the unbroken cycle of Torah reading and the never-ending transmission of Torah from generation to generation. The second very special honor is the final aliyah for this reading from Deuteronomy.
The third special honor is the aliyah for the Torah reading that begins the new annual cycle — the one at the very beginning of Genesis. Because a reference in the Mishnah the first effort to permanently record Jewish custom and law, compiled in the 3rd century C. But it was not until the Talmudic era, about the 6th century C. At that time, the cycle took three years in a pattern called the Palestinian triennial, beginning the first year with the first book, Genesis , and finishing, at the end of the third year, with the fifth book, Deuteronomy.
The Jews of Babylon, however, followed a different custom, established by the beginning of the 7th century CE, and completed the entire cycle each year, which they did by dividing the Torah into 54 weekly portions.
Because the number of portions exceeds the number of weeks in a given year, more than one portion is read during certain weeks. In Hebrew, the word for portion is parsha plural, parshiyot. In the 19th century, a reintroduction of the Palestinian triennial cycle was attempted at the West End Congregation in London, but was unsuccessful. In the middle of the 20th century, various congregations in the United States primarily Conservative ones were seeking ways to modernize the service and also to spend more time on Shabbat on Torah study.
They too attempted to revive the Palestinian cycles with the argument that reading only a section of the weekly Torah portion would make Torah study more concentrated and thus enhanced. The reintroduction failed for two reasons. First, in the pattern of the Palestinian triennial cycle, the weekly reading would have differed from what the rest of the Jewish world was reading.
Second, Simchat Torah celebrations would only occur one out of every three years, instead of annually. Unpacked Staff. November 8, How to ask time off for the High Holidays. August 4, How to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Sara Himeles. September 9, Topics in this article. High Holidays. She has created and managed content and strategic communications for former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and presidential candidate Barack Obama. Colin Powell: The general who spoke Yiddish. Season 3 of our favorite show in Hebrew just dropped after a 4 year hiatus.
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Among more traditional Jews outside of Israel, they are observed separately from one another on two consecutive days. In Second Temple times, it appears to have been a day devoted to the ritual cleansing of the altar in the Temple.
With the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, this function of the day became obsolete. This latter holiday probably originated during the medieval period. Unlike many other holidays, the observance of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are centered in the synagogue and community.
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