Songs
Nowadays, there are a few popular songs that are generally sung. Since Simchat Torah is a celebration of the Torah, songs regarding the greatness of Torah and the Jews' relationship with the Torah are generally sung. Here is a partial list of songs sung:
- Ashrei Ha'am Shekacha Lo
- Toras Hashem Temima
- Moshe Emes Visoraso Emes
- Baruch Hu Elokeinu Shebaranu Lichvodo
- Yisroel V'oraysa V'kudsha B'rich Hu Chad Hu
- Ashrei Mi She'amalo Batorah
- V'af Al Pi Sheyismahmay'a
- Anah Avda D'kudsha B'rich Hu
- V'taher Libeinu L'avdacha B'emes
- Achas Sha'alti Mei'eis Hashem
- Ashreinu Mah Tov Chelkeinu
Often, when the Torah is being returned to the 'aron (Hebrew for "ark"), "S'u She'arim Rasheichem" is sung. When the gabbai calls up the kohein, "Viya'azor Veyagein Veyoshia" is sung.
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Famous quotes containing the word songs:
“O women, kneeling by your altar-rails long hence,
When songs I wove for my beloved hide the prayer,
And smoke from this dead heart drifts through the violet air
And covers away the smoke of myrrh and frankincense;
Bend down and pray for all that sin I wove in song....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“And our sov’reign sole Creator
Lives eternal in the sky,
While we mortals yield to nature,
Bloom awhile, then fade and die.”
—Unknown. “Hail ye sighing sons of sorrow,” l. 13-16, Social and Campmeeting Songs (1828)
“Dylan is to me the perfect symbol of the anti-artist in our society. He is against everything—the last resort of someone who doesn’t really want to change the world.... Dylan’s songs accept the world as it is.”
—Ewan MacColl (1915–1989)