Simchat Torah

Stories and prayers for Simchat Torah, when Jews all over the world rejoice in the gift of the Torah. Here are three short, short stories and several prayers about Torah and Torah scholarship:

On Torah

• For The Gift of Torah Scholarship – Loving Torah is a way of life
• To Know Your Word – Yearning to know G-d’s will and word
• For the Joy of Learning – Gratitude for learning and teaching
• Sages – For the scholar in us all
• Meditation for a Child’s First Torah Reading – A prayer to be said by parents

Stories

• Motyl the Fool – The fool who knows Torah
• Hershal Dovid – A Torah reading story
• Mendel Baruch – Reciting the perfect S’hema

Click here for the full list of prayers for the Yamim Noraim. Here are focused lists of prayers for Elul, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. And here’s a link to yizkor and memorial prayers.

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