had a fun simchas torah for the first time ever!

I’m about a month late here, i know 😂 i was raised orthodox and have only been to orthodox shuls. over sukkos, i stayed by my friend, and she took me to her conservative shul. it was a very different experience in a lot of ways, but i just had so much fun! in orthodox shuls the men and women are separated with the women in the back, and in a lot of them (at least in my experience), the women don’t even get to dance with a torah (and in the neighborhood i grew up in they don’t dance at all). i got to not only dance with everyone, but i got to hold a torah! and there was music and everyone was just having such a blast and it was so great 🥰 really made me feel closer to the jewish community