Category: Halacha
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Pulse of the Machzor – Simchas Torah 5787: Why Are These People Dancing with a Book?
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A similar version of this article was published in this week’s edition of the Jewish News. Someone who unwittingly wanders into an Orthodox synagogue on Simchas Torah night may wonder what they have stumbled into. Men of every age dance in tight, sweaty circles around the Torah scrolls, singing the…
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Pulse of the Machzor – Rosh Hashanah 5787 | Paradoxical Piety: Passion and Prayer in Pre-War Vilna
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According to satirical news site PreOccupied Territory, a terrorist was recently thwarted when the synagogue service put him to sleep.[1] “The soporific[2] effect of a snail’s-pace Torah reading combined with a droning Rabbi’s address to spare a congregation from disaster this past Saturday morning, when the would-be attacker drifted off…