The principal goal of the Light of Torah movement is to encourage Catholic households to engage in regular Torah reflection, typically around a meal table, in a spirit of joy and celebration.
We approach our Torah study with the awareness that:

• The home is a holy place;
• God speaks to us through God’s Word;
• God speaks to us as a people; we treasure the sacred story of God’s people;
• Just as the Word was made flesh in the fragile humanity of Jesus, the Word is also ‘enfleshed’ in the fragile human words of the biblical text;
• In studying Torah with Jewish sources we are responding to the Church’s call (Nostra Aetate, 4) for Christians to be attentive to their Jewish spiritual heritage;
• Our Torah study is not just intellectual curiosity but transformation of lifestyle;
• Small steps count:.

“Just as rain comes down in drops and forms rivers, so with the Torah; one studies a bit today and some more tomorrow, until in time one becomes like a flowing stream.”  (Song of Songs Rabbah)
The basic tools for a group are the Old Testament and the weekly Light of Torah leaflets.  Anyone can start a Torah study group. There are no hard and fast rules, although the following guidelines and aids may assist start-up.
Further resources:

• How to use the Light of Torah Series
• How to lead a Torah group at home, at table
• How to introduce Light of Torah to a Parish
• Archaeology of the Word
• Jewish Approaches to Scripture
• Torah and Shabbat
• More resources