WATCH: Jews, Christians Celebrate God's Word Together
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 | Israel Today Staff
The final day of the week-long Feast of Tabernacles is known as Simhat Torah, a joyful celebration of the giving of God’s Word to Israel.
Simhat Torah is marked across the country with great festivity. But typically only by Jews.
So it was a special occurrence indeed when the Christian clergy of the Emmaus Monastery in central Israel joined members of the Birkat Shalom synagogue in Kibbutz Gezer in their Simhat Torah gathering.
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