Simchat Torah

The readings

Simchat Torah

שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה

Torah: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers 29:35-30:1
Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18

About this festival

Rejoicing in the Torah — the day the annual reading cycle ends and begins again: the final portion (V’Zot HaBerachah) and the opening of Genesis are read back-to-back, with singing and dancing.

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