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Simchat Torah: Happy Wife, Happy Life!
The adage, “Behind every man is a great woman” begs the question, does the woman really make the man? The Talmud cites Rabbi Tanhum, who quotes Rabbi Hanilai, who said that a man who lives without a wife lives without blessing, goodness, and true joy1. And the Torah teaches, “Before Hashem you shall rejoice, you…
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What Is the Nature of Simchat Torah’s Joy?
Joyous cries of ‘Ashreinu ma tov chelkeinu’ and ‘Vetaheir libeinu’ belted out, circles of old and young interlocking with each other…