Hi, Everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful and safe Y”T!
On Simchas Torah, one of my pet peeves is when the parents are shmoozing or busy dancing during the hakafos and allowing their children to run amok! Please everyone watch your children in shul!
Teenagers can get carried away and get drunk – please speak to them before Y”T about what you expect of them before you let them go to hakafos hither and yon! But they are not the only ones who get carried away on Simchas Torah. The young children feel free to do wild and sometimes crazy antics like climbing onto and standing on a whole stack of chairs or dancing on tables. Also, sometimes pre-teens try to imitate the older ones and decide to drink alcohol. Please monitor your children!
Often older children are charged by their parents to watch the young ones. Sometimes this may work, but sometimes the older children are not watching as you may think! Know your children!
Also, waving flags on Simchas Torah is fun, but please be careful with those sticks. With toddlers/little ones on their Tatties shoulders or just stam running around, watch out for their eyes when others are waving those sticks wildly!
Have a great YomTov!