{"id":100,"date":"2019-12-01T00:51:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T00:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dpjc\/?p=100"},"modified":"2019-12-29T07:20:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T07:20:37","slug":"simcha-torah-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rbgstudios.co.za\/dpjc\/2019\/12\/01\/simcha-torah-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Simchat Torah 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The DPJC recently celebrated Simchat Torah in the tradition it has done for many years. There was singing and carrying of the Torah scrolls in seven circuits of the synagogue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This year we honoured Philip Abrahams and Sue Jacobson as Chatan Torah and Kallat Bereishit. 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