Simchat Torah 5775 (2014)
     
     1) Ma’ariv Service (7:05-7:40) (including “Torah Quiz”!)
     
     2) Hakkafot (7:45-8:10):
     End of Amidah, after Shalom Rav, ark  is  opened  and  Sifrei  Torah  removed
     (p.657).  Leaders called up for each Hakkafah.
     
     INTRO: The honor (and pleasure) of holding  a  Torah  scroll,  especially  if
     you’ve  never  done  it.   Make a circle, Torah holders in the lead.  Torah
     scrolls can be handed off, carefully!
     
     1st hakafah:
     
        Lo Yisa Goy el Goy Cherev - Yismechu Hashamayim (Cm)
     
     2nd hakafah: 
     
        Am Yisrael Chai - U'shavtem Mayim (Am)
     
     3rd hakafah: 
     
        Hava Nagila (Dm) – Scottish tunes?
     
     4th hakafah: Numbers: Those who have increased our numbers in recent 
     months—new members since last year, or your first Simchat Torah at CDT!
     
     Klezmer tunes (instrumental)
     
     3) Torah Unrolling & Reading (8:15-8:40)
     
     Unroll Torah scroll – do a “virtual tour,” stopping at highlights. Come
     find your letter.
     
     Devarim 34:5-12 - Read English 
     
     Aliyah 1: Devarim 34:9-12READER: David Lobron
       ALIYAH: Anyone who has leyned this previous year
     
     - RE-ROLL THE SCROLL - “It is a Tree of Life”
     
     Bereshit 1:1-8 – Read English
     
     Aliyah 3: Bereshit 1:1-5 READER: Michele Arons
       ALIYAH: Anyone who wants to celebrate new beginnings
     
     Aliyah 4: Bereshit 1:6-8 READER: Dianne Lior
       ALIYAH: Kids
     
     4) Put Sifrei Torah away, as we sing “Etz Chayim Hee”