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10-17-14 Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah celebrates the annual completion of reading the Torah. We all danced around the synagogue with Torahs in our arms. Our synagogue also still has individual scrolls of each of the five books, which some consider obsolete, but we included them in the celebration anyway.
For the services, The Girl and her friend sat in front, as did I and the friend’s mom (along with her son). Hubs and the grandmother of the friend sat behind us. The girls were very well behaved. I’m glad to see Sunday school is paying off. :)
Before the start of the service, the Cantor came over to ask one of us to light the Shabbat candles. I said, “Oh, come on. We were brave enough to sit in front. Can’t you leave us alone?” We all laughed. And I ended up lighting the candles.
This service was supposed to be kid-centered, but Cantor just couldn’t leave stuff out. We danced far more than 7 dances with the Torahs. I will say, The Girl was very cute as she held one. After dancing for a looooooong time, we finally go to the Torah reading. Being that it was the last reading of the Torah, Cantor insisted on unrolling and re-rolling “the whole megillah.” By that time, it was after 8:30. The kids were out of their minds overtired. Many of us grownups were as well.
Anyway, when that was finally done, the new kids of the congregation were blessed under a talit (Hubs even held a corner) on the bimah. Then they got their own miniature Torahs. Finally, the big Torah was dressed, Kiddush was said, and we concluded with challah, apples, pastries, cake, and of course, wine. As a bonus, one of the members had made vodka with last year’s etrog. It was STRONG, but good, though it had an aftertaste not unlike Pledge.
It was a long night, but I’m glad we went.
#cy365 #InTheFront
10-17-14 Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah celebrates the annual completion of reading the Torah. We all danced around the synagogue with Torahs in our arms. Our synagogue also still has individual scrolls of each of the five books, which some consider obsolete, but we included them in the celebration anyway.
For the services, The Girl and her friend sat in front, as did I and the friend’s mom (along with her son). Hubs and the grandmother of the friend sat behind us. The girls were very well behaved. I’m glad to see Sunday school is paying off. :)
Before the start of the service, the Cantor came over to ask one of us to light the Shabbat candles. I said, “Oh, come on. We were brave enough to sit in front. Can’t you leave us alone?” We all laughed. And I ended up lighting the candles.
This service was supposed to be kid-centered, but Cantor just couldn’t leave stuff out. We danced far more than 7 dances with the Torahs. I will say, The Girl was very cute as she held one. After dancing for a looooooong time, we finally go to the Torah reading. Being that it was the last reading of the Torah, Cantor insisted on unrolling and re-rolling “the whole megillah.” By that time, it was after 8:30. The kids were out of their minds overtired. Many of us grownups were as well.
Anyway, when that was finally done, the new kids of the congregation were blessed under a talit (Hubs even held a corner) on the bimah. Then they got their own miniature Torahs. Finally, the big Torah was dressed, Kiddush was said, and we concluded with challah, apples, pastries, cake, and of course, wine. As a bonus, one of the members had made vodka with last year’s etrog. It was STRONG, but good, though it had an aftertaste not unlike Pledge.
It was a long night, but I’m glad we went.
#cy365 #InTheFront