Simchat Torah Celebration

We were dancing in the streets ... literally!

On October 10th our Confirmation Class visited the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue on the evening of Simchat Torah, the celebration of the new year with the Torah. The first 5 books of our Bible are read each year, so there is a day when the Torah - typically a scroll - is rolled back from Deuteronomy to Genesis.

After the regular (or perhaps a shortened) liturgy, we all rose, took all the Torah scrolls out and danced with them! It turned out that I (Mark) was holding a Torah when the procession went out from the Sanctuary onto Remsen Street. What a thrill to lead the procession, and what a heavy thing a Torah can be!

Lisa M, Paul, Connor, Lisa G, Katy, Mark and Liz (Jill was taking the picture)