October 22 – Day to Celebrate The Torah of YHWH

According to the Jewish Calendar which we regularly check so we could celebrate with Israel the days that are of national importance to them,  Oct 22   is Simchat Torah , “Day of Celebrating the Torah”.

To observant Jews like the Rabbis and those who practice Judaism, the TORAH is the end-all and be-all of life and why not? The TORAH is the lifestyle prescribed by the God of Israel, to His chosen people, according to their Sacred Scriptures.

While the ‘religious’ among the Jews of today celebrate the giving of the TORAH to Israel, what about us Gentiles who are not of Israel but worship the God who revealed himself to and through Israel?  Should we celebrate this “Jewish” feast?

Why not?   The Torah was given to Israel by the God who chose them to be His “light to the Gentiles”.  What does that “light” symbolize?

We have many posts on this website explaining the reason why God had to create a people/nation to represent Him and His prescribed Way of Life to the rest of the world.

Please check out these posts:

• Q&A: That recurring question about Israel’s ‘chosen-ness’…
• Who are the Jews and What Were They Chosen For?
• TSTL: Israel as “chosen”
• TSTL: Who is the ‘Servant’?
• Did Israel fail as YHWH’s ‘Light to the Gentiles’?
• Who is the “Light of the World”?
• Israel: The Only Nation with a Distinctive National Identity
• Israel represents the greatest national success story of all time.
• The Spiritual Contrast between Israel And Egypt
• Did Israel fail as YHWH’s ‘Light to the Gentiles’?
• God Has Two Names?
• Q&A: That recurring question about Israel’s ‘chosen-ness’…
• Why the Jews?

With a reading list like that, what else need we add at this point, eh?  So, get started, dear visitor/reader, if you haven’t read any of those on the list.  We have nothing new to add to what we’ve already elaborated in all those posts!

Celebrate the TORAH by reading it, studying it, learning from it,

and most important of all, applying it to life!  In short, LIVE THE TORAH LIFE!

Start on October 22, 2019 which has been designated as the . . . read the title of this post again!

And when you read the TORAH,

recite the Rabbi’s BLESSING FOR THE TORAH:

Blessed are You,

YHWH, our God, 

King of the Universe,

Who gives us the

TORAH of TRUTH, 

so that we may study,

live and learn,

and be changed by it;

so that we may have righteous judgment

and Your Spirit of Love;

so that we may keep Your commandments,

do them,

and live in them,

and teach them

to our children,

and our children’s children.

      AMEIN!

    NSB@S6K