Prepared by Rabbi Stephen Texon
Dear Friends,
We have come full circle, let us start anew! Simchat Torah is the bittersweet Festival in which we close and open, conclude and begin all over again. Through our tears reading of the death of our greatest prophet Moses suddenly emerge the tears of joy as we commence a fresh new cycle of reading and interpreting our sacred Torah.
As we read of all creation in this awesome Parasha, we arrive at G-d's ultimate creation of man and woman, humankind who will have dominion over all the earth. While they will have great intelligence, their will be limitations to their knowledge that only G-d can know. Therefore, symbolically, they were forbidden to eat from the "Tree of Knowledge". It will take the lessons and precepts of our Torah and a lifetime of experience to gain deep knowledge, not instant wisdom which is easily or superficially attained easily. Adam and Eve violated this command after being seduced by the serpent, and the consequences were banishment from paradise into the real world of struggle and hardship, which man will have to attempt to balance with achievement and happiness. May we be successful in that great endeavor!!
Shabbat Shalom!
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