What Torah Means... to Marsha Sobel

Counting the Omer Day 19

The Torah is the symbol of the Jewish people. Contained inside the scroll is the entire body of Jewish law and tradition. When I stand before the Ark and see the scrolls inside, a lot goes through my mind….but mostly I am in awe. As a young woman in a Conservative synagogue, I could not be called to the Torah, nor did I count in a minyan. It means so much to me now to be able to be called to the Torah for an aliyah and to be counted in a minyan. The Torah symbolizes the very core of Judaism to me.