The Jewish Outreach Institute

Simchat Torah celebrates the year-long cycle of reading the Torah, the five books of Moses. On Simchat Torah, we read the very last chapter of Deuteronomy, then roll the Torah back to the beginning and read the very first chapter of Genesis. Simchat Torah is celebrated at the synagogue with dancing and drinking. This year (2011) it begins the evening of Thursday, October 20th.