Rethinking the Holy Days
I’ve come to the conclusion we need to change the date of Simchat Torah.
I’ve come to the conclusion we need to change the date of Simchat Torah.
Thanks to social media and electronic devices you can check in on Foursquare and read the Mishkan T'filah prayer book on a handheld device at the same time. Yet for all the modern inventions, the Torah remains unaffected.
I did not have a typical Reform Movement upbringing, and would say that the three years I lived on an island in Alaska are probably most emblematic of that.
Every year, the season of reflection and renewal is culminated by the celebration of Simchat Torah (literally “the rejoicing of the Torah”).
By P.J. Schwartz
It's amazing to think that we have reached the end of another year retelling the amazing story of our Jewish people. From B'reshit to D'varim, we have spent each week engulfed in the journey of a people who have emerged into a community