*ALL* YOUR CHILDREN
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“And All Your Children Shall Be Learned” Women and the Study of Torah in Jewish Law and History"> – Shoshana Pantel Zolty
1993 Jason Aaronson
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There is also indirect mention of a... female scribe in the Genizah documents: we are told that the Jewish community of Daquq (today called Tawuq), Iraq, was headed by Azarya, ‘son of the female copyist.’ He was praised by the Hebrew poet Judah al-Harizi for his noble descent and character as well as his munificence.”*
* Goitein, A Mediterranean Society, vol. 2, p.184
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My friend Julie just told me about a scribbled comment found on the back of a many-centuries-old Torah scroll, something to the effect of "I'm sorry if my penmanship is a bit off, but I'm so tired from nursing my infant son. . ." Very cool. This was probably cited in the Gotein book . . .?
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Carole, shalom! So sorry it's taken me this long to respond to your comment :(
The quote you have there is from the Jewish Foremothers book I cite in various posts here in my blog. There is an unnamed woman who wrote such a thing on one of her books, which has not, to my knowledge, been identified as a Torah scroll. There is also a similar comment written on what has been referred to as a Chumash scribed by Miriam, daughter of Benayahu the sofer, a few hunfded years ago in the Yemen.
I am still researching the history of a female sofrut tradition. It's slow going, but I have been turning up likely candidates for the title "soferet" for some time now.
Very exciting!
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