On Saturday, October 21st, the Roots of Faith Congregation began the Torah Reading Cycle over again in Genesis 1:1. We are working through the annual cycle of readings followed world wide by Judah (the Jewish People). Work is still ongoing to determine the true nature of the “Triennial Cycle” that early Jewish writings claim was followed by the Jews of Palestine in the 1st centuries of the Common Era. The decision to follow the Annual Cycle was made for several reasons. The primary of which is that this puts us in sync with the Jews and puts in a good position to learn from source material that is already available from Jewish writers that have dealt with the complexities of the Biblical texts for centuries. As a start, we ordered the Hertz Pentateuch and Haphtorahs published by Soncino. These are available on the web through Levine Judaica (www.levinejudaica.com). They have excellent prices and incredible service. I have asked our group to study the Torah Readings each week and post comments on the forum about what they are learning as they work through. We want to share what we are learning as we work through. I hope to post some thoughts as well and am very hopeful that the “Audio Torah” will be in gear soon. I will begin to publish podcasts over the web in the coming weeks.