Jewish Holidays

I wanted to post this up two nights ago but I forgot.... Two nights ago was the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. I wont get in to the details of it, but suffice it to say that you celebrate the Torah. There was a huge celebration in the main square by my apartment, with music and firecrackers and people dancing in the street. On top of that, there was this crazy march toward the square right before it, with this truck blasting music and people dancing and singing behind it, as you can see from the photo below. The thing is, Tel Aviv is not a religious city by any means, not like Jerusalem, so to see all these orthodox Jews dancing with Torah scrolls in the middle of this secular city was interesting. I actually really like the photo below. I think the fuzzyness adds to the quality. The other thing I wanted to add about Jewish holidays is that a large bulk of them fall between september and october, as there are four major holidays in a row. Rosh hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah. It's basically the holiday season in Israel and the country is in semi-shut down (that's why I start school so late). It's like Thanksgiving to Christmas in the states. The Jewish holiday's also revolve around the lunar calandar, so this year they are happening really late, but next year I think they are earlier.
(note to Gappers reading this: If you recall Easter fluctuates based on the year. This is becasue the Last Supper is actually the last night of Passover, which also fluctuates on the lunar calendar, now you can explain that to your P&D class if you ever decide to teach).