We are using these weeks between Tisha B'Av and Rosh Hashana to explore the world of prayer. On the High Holy Days at the beginning of the new year, we will use prayer to take us higher than we ever go on a daily or Shabbat service. But on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, it is not the time to be teaching about prayer. It is a time of praying and using our words to find forgiveness from G-d. In preparation for the Yamim Noraim, we are studying prayer now, and will be ready when the special prayers of the day arrive.
Many religions read passages from the Bible or other sacred literature as a part of their services.
Bible passages make up many of the prayers that we do here in our Service. All the Psalms come from the Bible. The Aleynu is built around Biblical passages. The Shema is three paragraphs from the Torah and even the Birkat Hamazon, repeated after meals, relies heavily on Biblical quotes. Why is reading from a Torah Scroll different from any of the other quotes we have in our Siddur.