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In case you haven't already guessed, this was always meant to be a Simchat Torah story. I've missed posting on that holiday two years in a row, but hope it will count now for the fourth and fifth nights of Hanukah.
Four Times Sherlock and Lestrade Danced Together Without Touching: Rejoice
“You won’t like it," said Lestrade. "It’s a bunch of old men. First they pray, then they drink. And dance. There’s a lot of dancing.”
“I know perfectly well what Simchat Torah is,” Sherlock said pedantically. “You come to the end of the five books of the Torah and you begin again. Jews rejoice that God has given them the sacred books, so they dance. I didn’t know about the drinking. That sounds fascinating. You know how curious I am about the more atavistic religious rituals.”
Four Times Sherlock and Lestrade Danced Together Without Touching: Rejoice
“You won’t like it," said Lestrade. "It’s a bunch of old men. First they pray, then they drink. And dance. There’s a lot of dancing.”
“I know perfectly well what Simchat Torah is,” Sherlock said pedantically. “You come to the end of the five books of the Torah and you begin again. Jews rejoice that God has given them the sacred books, so they dance. I didn’t know about the drinking. That sounds fascinating. You know how curious I am about the more atavistic religious rituals.”