We were invited by some friends who knew a Jewish Rabbi, to the Celebration of Simchat Torah. This is where for the year they have finished the reading of the Torah and roll it back to the start. There is a lot of prayer,singing, and dancing. We had a lot of fun and it was a really neat experience.
The Torah Scroll
This is where they read from the Torah the end of Deuteronomy and then they roll it back to Genesis.
This is the process of them rolling back the scroll
The man in the blue shirt is the United States Ambassador for Israel, there was only a small group of Americans, so we thought it was really fun to be there at the same time as him. He had body guards there of course.
It is a terrible picture, but I got to hold the scrolls.
A video of all the singing and dancing. The people take turns carrying the scrolls and dancing with them.
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