Your 8th Grader is Invited to Represent Their Torah Portion!

Dear 8th Grade Families:

I hope you had a good summer. I am looking forward to seeing you on Rosh Hashanah.

Every year on Simchat Torah evening, after dancing with the Torahs, we unroll one Torah scroll entirely and it takes up half the sanctuary. It is always breathtaking.

Your 8th grader is invited to stand in front of their Torah portion and read the first few verses they read at their b'nei mitzvah. We will begin in Genesis and go down the line until everyone has read their part.

We will make sure the 8th graders know where to stand and we will help them find their verse--so no worries.

Simchat Torah evening is Tuesday, September 28

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Our hope is that this will be a powerful display of how the Torah lives through us and our speaking its words. We hope it is meaningful for your children and a moment the younger kids look forward to with anticipation.

Please let us know you plan to participate.

Please sign up with your 8th grader's name AND THE NAME OF THEIR TORAH PORTION to participate. No need to count other guests.

Join Us For Dinner

Your family is invited to join us for an outdoor pasta dinner at 6:15 p.m. preceding the dancing and unrolling. Click here to RSVP for dinner.

I look forward to sharing this moment of Torah celebration with you on Zoom!

Aaron

Learn about Bet Torah's other Sukkot and Simchat Torah celebrations!

What is Simchat Torah? Simchat Torah is the celebration dedicated to both completing the yearly cycle of public Torah reading and starting it again. Learn more here!

Bet Torah's Teen Learning Community (TLC), is how we engage our 8th-12th graders. At TLC, teens in 8th-12th grade explore their rich Jewish heritage and challenging modern lives through a variety of learning and community building programs. Learn more.