Talk:Simchat Torah

message: The article fails to acknowledge and explain the 2 day issue with people outside of the Land of Israel...71.156.40.78 01:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments of 2008 and earlier

message: Hi! I've added unreferenced tags to some sections after resurrecting them from a previous immediate delete. Much of this article is currently unreferenced and subject to challenge. Given that it is a perennial problem (and opportunity) of Wikipedia's Judaism section that editors arrive unfamiliar with Wikipedia's policies, I would suggest that editors concerned about the unsourced content use a gentler approach and add {[fact}} or similar tags and wait a decent period (a couple of weeks) before engaging in wholesale deletion of unsourced content, rather than doing so without warning. Given that there are no WP:BLP or similar legal issues involved here, I believe this will better facilitate  a balance between the need to enforce policies and the need to maintain colleagiality and cooperation. Thanks, --Shirahadasha 22:18, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced sections 

message: In cleaning up the article for accuracy, I noted that the reference cited for inebiration and hard liquor being part of the Simchat Torah experience didn't say anything like that. Perhaps in some Reconstructionist temples people go all out on Simchat Torah, but hard liquor and stupid pranks are not in the spirit of the day. Yoninah 14:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Accuracy, please

message: In reading this article, I notice that too many different customs are being lumped together. I have been to a dozen or more Simchat Torah celebrations in shuls here in Jerusalem, and not once have I seen some of things described here, like carrying the Torah scrolls out to the street or calling up a Chatan Maftir. And while Dweller has never heard "Moshe emes" being sung at any shul (presumably in America), I can tell you that it is standard practice here in yeshiva minyans and all hareidi neighborhoods.
Perhaps the editors would be willing to break out Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, "yeshivish", and other customs into separate paragraphs, so that the reader can understand each custom in its context? Yoninah 23:18, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Differing customs

message: Hi. Maybe we should list some ways to improve this article. Has good potential. Thanks. Feel free to add to list. 
* Clarify customs (see previous comment). I don't think these need to be divided by denomination, but we do need to reference them. Images would be great!
* Use of simchat Torah as a public celebration, including Moscow etc. Images of Moscow or Israel, etc?
* Explain diaspora vs Israel w/o presuming diaspora as norm
* I think some of the Ortho vs Conservative distinctions are artificial and also incomplete -- what about all the synagogues that don't identify either way, yet do some of these customs?
* Explain the religious significance or meaning of the holiday, diverse views as needed. (Did I miss it?
HG | Talk 12:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of improvements 

message: I have reorganized the prior comments into a single level-2 heading so that we can have a clean discussion on what this article needs.   readded the "needs references" template in September 2012, and I agree.  But let's start discussing what needs to be fixed, cited, etc. before we start wholesale cuts.  Thank you.
StevenJ81 (talk) 17:27, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Reorganized Comments (2012)

message: Hello, I have tagged this article because I am ware that it does not represent a global view of the holiday, since the description is particularly biased towards American and Ashkenazi customs. The article needs to be enriched to add the Israeli, Mizrahi and Sephardi customs and be more clear that the American Ashkenazi customs are not the only type of customs, otherwise does not represent the entirety of Jewish practice  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.29.23.57 (talk) 23:51, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: We'd be delighted to have you contribute some of that enrichment! But do participate, not just critique.  Thanks. StevenJ81 (talk) 14:26, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Tag: Globalize

message: So I just wanted to flag that the formating of the page makes it so that the words  שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה‎ appear backwards. Not sure how to fit that - just thought I'd note it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.158.173.151 (talk) 21:42, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not that way on my computer. It might be an issue with your browser settings. StevenJ81 (talk) 22:12, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Formatting issue