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Trenton's Jews - July 2018 Allan Richman   2:22 PM (2 hours ago) to me Arthur, Would you have any History and insights on Workers of Truth Cemetery? Allan Richman President Friends of Workers of Truth Cemetery Har Sinai Temple Confirmation Class 1958 Front Row Diane Bard, Patsy Miller, Cantor Glatzer, Rabbi Haberman, Ross Gellens, Caren Saaz, Jill weber 2nd row above Suzi Pollack, Joan Stark, Anne Fiestal, Susan Saaz, Robin Baar, Third row Paul Kushner, Jane Garb, Irene Glaser, ?, Sue Rosenthal, Carol Shear, Nancy Levine, Linda Silver, Arnie Silverglade Fourth row ?, Sandy Nitzberg, Sandra Lipshutz, Faye Hafetz, Carol Levine, Richard Farber, Ed Shaeffer Fifth row ?, Sheila Bloom, Eileen Cohen, Jill Rosmarin Last upper row Louis (Buddy) Hano, Craig Meyers, Mark Nath  — wit

Simchat Torah Simchat Torah or better Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh , Hebrew : שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, lit., "Rejoicing of the Torah") is a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings , and the beginning of a new cycle. Simhat 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 (occurring in mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar ). The main celebration of Simhat Torah takes place in the synagogue during evening and morning services. In Orthodox as well as many Liberal congregations, this is the only time of year on which the Torah scrolls are taken out of the ark and read at night . In the morning, the last parashah of Deuteronomy and the first parashah of Genesis are read in the synagogue. On each occasion, when the ark is opened, the wors

SUKKOT  (October 13-22)                            Beginning five days after  Yom Kippur , Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews dwelt in the dessert after the Exodus. The festival of Sukkot is one of the three great  pilgrimage festivals  ( chaggim  or  regalim ) of the Jewish year. Sukkot History The origins of Sukkot originated as an ancient autumnal harvest festival. Indeed it is often referred to as  hag ha-asif,  “The Harvest Festival.” (Watch the sky. You will find the harvest moon)  Much of the imagery and ritual of the holiday revolves around rejoicing to thank God for the harvest. The sukkah represents the huts that farmers lived in during the hectic period of harvest before the coming of the winter rains.  As is the case with other festivals whose origins may not have been Jewish, the Bible reinterpreted the festival to imbue it with a specific Jewish meaning. In this manner, Sukkot came to commemorate the