simcha

Savina chose Shabbat Lech Lecha [the Sabbath on which the Torah portion about Abraham's journey is read] for her "simcha," and as she ascended to the Torah for the first time in her life, she compared her own journey to that of Sarai and Avram as they went forth to a new and unknown future.

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There was Israeli music and hora dancing (also known as "simcha" or joyous dancing -- the kind done at weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs).

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The five-day conference-cum-retreat, whose mission is to give Jews the opportunity to "take one step further on their Jewish journey," will feature more than 1,000 sessions given by some 400 presenters, and close to 2,500 participants/presenters in total -- from elderly gents in walkers arguing about Israel, to teenage girls playing tambourines and drinking "simcha on the beaches," the event's signature cocktail.

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But the thought of being charming and entertaining for an entire weekend, of judging and being judged on her level of religious observance (Leeba Rivka wears pants, on occasion, and she eats in non-kosher restaurants, albeit only cold vegetarian items!) seems like more of a tzuris, a headache, than a simcha, a joyous occasion.

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Please consider this letter as an application in limine for a brief recess in the middle of trial on the grounds known perhaps not now, but hereafter as a "writ of possible simcha".

Rabbi Jason Miller: Balancing Jewish Birth Celebrations So They Include Baby Girls Rabbi Jason Miller 2010

Please consider this letter as an application in limine for a brief recess in the middle of trial on the grounds known perhaps not now, but hereafter as a "writ of possible simcha".

Rabbi Jason Miller: Balancing Jewish Birth Celebrations So They Include Baby Girls Rabbi Jason Miller 2010

It was one long simcha, lasting throughout the day.

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I was also disappointed for myself and for my mother, who had been looking forward to the family simcha for over a year.

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In effect, this was a bonding moment for the assembled, allowing us all to ooh and ah and appreciate the simcha.

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Next stop on the perpetual simcha train: TOOT Tute!

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