The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology (The JPS Holiday Anthologies)

Back by popular demand the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. Unequaled in-depth compilations of classic and contemporary writings they have long guided rabbis cantors educators and other readers seeking the origins meanings and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals. . The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology offers new insight intothe Festival of Ingathering celebrating the harvest in the land of our ancestors and the Festival of Rejoicing in the Law marking the new cycle of public Torah readings by elucidating the two festivals’ background historical development and spiritual truths for Jews and humankind. Mining the Bible postbiblical literature Talmud midrashim prayers with commentaries and Hasidic tales the compendium also showcases humor art food song dance essays stories and poems―including works by Chaim Weizmann Elie Wiesel Herman Wouk S. Y. Agnon Sholom Aleichem H. N. Bialik and Solomon Schechter―truly a rich harvest for the “Season of Our Rejoicing.”