Festival of Simchat Torah 5770 (October 11, 2009)
The holiday of Simchat Toah fell this year Sunday, 11 October 2009.
the eighth day of Sukkoth (the ninth out of Israel) takes the name of Simchat Torah: the joy of the Torah
On this day you finish reading the five books in which the Torah is made up, but immediately afterwards begins with the first sentence of Bereshit (Genesis). The study of Torah, in fact, should never be interrupted, then the same day he finished his reading begins again to give the people a sense of continuity and the inability to stop the study of the Holy Book.
Given the importance of the festival, dedicated to the Torah, it is customary that those present at the synagogue, in turn, are called Tevah on (the place where the officiant reads the prayers) to attend directly to his reading, and if they are able to do so, the personal law of a song.
The Feast of the Torah is a day of great joy for all Jews all Sefarim, rolls of parchment on which is hand-written text of the Torah, ha-quodesh dall'aron are extracted, the 'Ark Santa "in which they are preserved, and taken to arms to visitors from round the synagogue seven times to make the rounds of Tevah. They are accompanied by a long procession, in fact, all these men follow them joyously singing hymns and songs of praise to the Lord.
(...) The Sefer Torah, the scroll of Torah is the only concrete object to which Jews turn their devoted tribute for all that has been drawn up by the thought and the written message and leads to the improvement of man and society, is worthy of worship as it leads the 'man closer to God
Source: "The Stones of Time" by Clara and Elijah Kopciowski
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