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Touching Tradition

Kol Ami congregants get close to the sacred Torah
parchment during Simchat Torah.

S

imchat Torah services at
Temple Kol Ami in West
Bloomfield were filled with
music and a dramatic tradition in
which one Torah scroll is totally
unrolled and the parchment is held in
a circle by congregants.

Rabbi Norman Roman would go
around the room picking out special
passages to show those holding the
parchment near the words. The Kol
Ami tradition truly allows congregants
to hold, touch and be close to the
Torah.

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Top right: Rabbi Norman
Roman and Tiffany Green,

cantorial soloist, prepare
the congregation to
return the Torahs to the
ark.

Bottom left: During the
service, Paul Gross, Kol
Ami co-president, carries
a Torah.

Bottom right:
Congregants help unroll
a Torah scroll, supporting
the parchment as it
unspools.

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October 30 • 2014