Behind a Glass Wall: Work on Masada’s Torah Scroll
(IsraelNN.com) A ritual scribe has begun spending his days behind a glass wall in the famous Masada synagogue – writing a Torah scroll to be installed there.
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Hard at work throughout the day, the scribe can be seen through the glass by the many tourists who visit the famous site.
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Some time in January, the donor is scheduled to arrive in Israel and will install an internet video connection, so that the work can be tracked, letter by holy letter, in real time.
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This is just a quick update to my original post.
I have been re-learning Hebrew. I can read Hebrew (with the vowels) and I can read some non-voweled Hebrew. Of course, I need to get much better at reading the non-voweled Hebrew before I could ever study to become a soferet [female scribe]. I am increasing my vocabulary and learning the grammar of Hebrew. In addition, I am attempting to learn to read Hebrew without the vowels.
I have also begun to dabble in the calligraphy (STaM) of the Torah. I am not very good and it has been a long time since I even tried my hand at any calligraphy. I obviously have a long way to go with this aspect of being a soferet as well. Below you will see an example of my work (click on the picture for a larger size). I wrote Bereishit 1:1 [Genesis 1:1] in STaM (I used a Tikkun as my guide) with a Sharpie. I was just trying to get a feel for how the letters were formed. Note: I did not write the Name of G-d (Elohim) because of religious restrictions regarding the writing of the Names of G-d.
I also wrote the same verse in Arabic (with a Precise Rolling Ball pen) just to try out my hand at Arabic calligraphy.
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