"Simchat Torah was born when Jews had lost everything else, but they never lost their capacity to rejoice. Nechemiah was right when he said to the people weeping as they listened to the Torah, realising how far they had drifted from it: 'Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength' (Nechemiah 8:10). A people whose capacity for joy cannot be destroyed is itself indestructible." -- Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (b. 1948-03-08, d. 2020-11-07), Ceremony & Celebration (2017)
[A good holy day to everyone celebrating Simchat Torah or the Feast of St. Luke today! (And for music fans not already celebrating either, it's Chuck Berry's birthday. (b. 1926-10-18, d. 2017-03-18))]