Netivat Sofrut: diary of a Soferet

Adventures of a female sofer learning to heal the world by doing Holy Work...writing a Sefer Torah

נחזיר את השכינה למקומה בצייון ובתבל כלה

"Let us restore the Divine In-Dwelling to Her Place in Zion & infuse Her spirit throughout the whole inhabited world."

So wherever we are, let us bring the Peace of G@d's Presence.

: Name: Soferet; Location: Vancouver/London, British Columbia/UK, Canada

SCRIBAL EVANGELIST As the only living certified Soferet (סופרת - female Jewish ritual scribe) & the first woman to practice sofrut (creation of sacred Hebrew texts) in over 200 years, I feel an obligation to blog about my experiences of The Work. I am also currently researching the foundation of a lost tradtion of women practicing this holy craft. For more on the services I provide, please see Soferet.com; Sofrut Nation. I am now available to engage with students, male or female, wishing to enter into the preliminary stage of learning sofrut. You are welcome to join me on this path. "Tzedeq, tzedeq tir'dof - Justice, justice you shall pursue." Devarim/Deuteronomy 16:20.

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Wednesday, September 03, 2003

OLD BLIGHTY

B"H

Tuesday, August 12th

Smells like England
I hit the Tube..."COCKFOSTERS"
"This train is for COCKFOSTERS" states the red LED
Mind the Gap...Mind the Gap...
English girls & their eyeliner fetish

Here in my Mother's country

It's sultry - bright hot sunny humid & dripping.
The urban decay in Britain is quite unlike any other...why is all the graffiti in black & white? Perhaps there's an arts movement that's so angry at the government that they refuse to use colour...
Train delays due to heat restrictions. The tracks warp in this heat when the trains barrel over them at the speeds they're accustomed to, so the whole country is now slowed to a pace that further frustrates those unused to living in an oven.
Everything is SO expensive here!!!