This year's 10-Minute Torah (8 October 2023): Parashat Simchat Torah 5784
Simchat Torah 2023 / שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה 5784
Day of Celebrating the Torah ✡️
Simchat Torah for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Saturday, 7 October 2023 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 8 October 2023.
Simchat Torah or Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh, Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תורָה, lit., “Rejoicing with/of the Torah,”) is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat 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 (mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar).
Erev Simchat Torah / עֶרֶב שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה Saturday, 7 October 2023 / 23 Tishrei 5784
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-17
1: Deuteronomy 33:1-7 · 7 p’sukim ·
2: Deuteronomy 33:8-12 · 5 p’sukim ·
3: Deuteronomy 33:13-17 · 5 p’sukim ·
Simchat Torah / שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה Sunday, 8 October 2023 / 23 Tishrei 5784
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers 29:35-30:1
1: Deuteronomy 33:1-7 · 7 p’sukim ·
2: Deuteronomy 33:8-12 · 5 p’sukim ·
3: Deuteronomy 33:13-17 · 5 p’sukim ·
4: Deuteronomy 33:18-21 · 4 p’sukim ·
5: Deuteronomy 33:22-26 · 5 p’sukim ·
6: Deuteronomy 33:27-34:12 · 15 p’sukim ·
7: Genesis 1:1-2:3 · 34 p’sukim ·
maf: Numbers 29:35-30:1 · 6 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18 · 18 p’sukim