Simchat Torah is Friday, October 5, 2007

Simchat Torah means rejoicing of the Torah (Five books of Moses) and indicates the joyous spirit of this holiday. On Simchat Torah a full year of reading through the books of the Torah in the Synagogue comes to an end and a new one begins.

Most of the festivity occurs in the Synagogue. The scrolls of Torah are taken from the Ark and carried through the Congregation while participants sing and dance with them.