While on their travels,the Jewish People came to a mountain called Har Sinai. There Hashem gave them the most special present of all times which they accepted happily. The Torah.
They began to learn from it. They learned morals and values. They learned mitzvos and stories.
They began to read a portion of it each week in Shul with the Rabbi and at the end of the year they would finish reading the entire Torah. It was a celebration! They danced all night long holding the Torah and singing songs.
It was a celebration of the Torah, not the amount of knowledge each person had of it. It didnt matter how much Torah a person knew or didnt know. They all danced and sang together as one.
We do the same today. We read the Torah each week on Mondays, Thursdays, and on Shabbos and at the end of it we celebrate with song, dance, and good treats.
The children generally wave flags and hold smaller Torahs since the big ones from the Aron Kodesh (ark) in the Shul is quite heavy for little folks. :) Its average weight is between 20-25 lbs and a real heavy one can weigh about 50 lbs. Wahoo! Yep. That's heavy. :)
Sasha opening the Aron Kodesh curtain so we can see where the Torahs are kept.
Marching around the Bima (the table on which the Torah is read) with the flags we made.
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