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Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
The holiday of Sukkot is followed by an independent holiday called Shemini Atzeret. In Israel, this is a one-day holiday; in the Diaspora it is a two-day holiday, and the second day is known as Simchat Torah. This holiday is characterized by utterly unbridled joy, which reaches its climax on Simchat Torah, when we celebrate the conclusion—and restart—of the annual Torah-reading cycle.
It is traditional to honour two members of the congregation with the first and last aliyot of the Torah. There is dancing and singing with the Torah, as circuits of the synagogue are made and lollies given out so that Torah will always be sweet to us.
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