Dear 8th Grade Families:

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

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.

This year, we will be celebrating Simchat Torah evening together on Zoom. We are so happy to invite our 8th graders to stand in front of the community on Zoom to read the first few verses of their portion they read at their bar/bat mitzvah. We will begin in Genesis and go down the line until everyone has read their part.

Simchat Torah evening is Saturday, October 10, 7:00 p.m. 

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

Aaron
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.