Wait! Don’t make plans for lunch this coming Simchas Torah!
Given that this coming Simchas Torah is also erev Shabbos, the shul has decided to provide a catered lunch to all participants. So far two famililies, Josh & Lisa Rothstein and David & Leslie Wiseman, have partially sponsored the Simchas Torah Lunch at CTC. In addition, we are asking that each family please contribute $20 per family (well below the cost to eat at home) toward the lunch to help offset the costs. This way, we can enjoy to the fullest all of the festivities, singing and dancing, and a delicious lunch in shul, without the worry of serving/eating a Yom Tov meal at home and then preparing for Shabbos.
Donate Now for Simchas Torah Lunch
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Simchas Torah (literally “Rejoicing of the Torah”) immediately follows the week-long Succos festival. On this day, we carry the Torah scrolls and dance for hours around the bima (the platform where the Torah is read) — celebrating the completion of the yearly cycle of Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. A mainstay of this celebration is the singing of traditional songs — again and again, as we dance around the bima. This page contains the text and audio of 32 of the most popular melodies.
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A note about pronunciation: There are two significant differences between classic Ashkenazi pronunciation, and Sefardi pronunciation (familiar as modern spoken Hebrew). In the transliterations below, Ashkenazi pronunciation follows these rules:
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