Simhat Torah

For Jews, the End Is Never the End

The real meaning of Shmini Atseret.

Chaim Steinmetz
Oct. 12 2020 12:01AM

When Books Are People, and People Books

A Jewish perspective on “biographies” of religious classics.

Shai Secunda
July 13 2020 12:01AM

With Its Subversive Customs, Simhat Torah Reaffirms Jewish Values

The product of a millennium of tension between law and folk tradition.

Chaim Saiman
Oct. 23 2019 12:01AM

Was Moses’ Death Punishment or Reward?

Making sense of the Torah’s final chapter.

James A. Diamond
Oct. 7 2015 12:01AM