Lily, thanks for sharing this. I first read from the Torah at my egalitarian synagogue in Vermont when I was in my 40s. It affirmed my feminism and my Judaism for me as well. I am so pleased for you that you could do this dual affirmation at a young age. I still love reading from the Torah scroll.

 

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