WHO IS SHE?

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Rabbi Fern Feldman wrote to me & the Women's Torah Project committee last week, with the following:

"Hi all,
Just returned from a training where I met a rabbi who is training to be a sofer, and he told me that his sofer told him a story that he says is in the rabbinic literature, but he (my acquaintance) is not sure where, that there was a rebbetzin who scribed a Torah, to prove that it could be done.  The rabbis had said that it wasn't acceptable, but when they saw how beautiful it was once it was done, they said that this one was acceptable, because it was so beautiful. 
I asked him to track down the story for me, and just emailed him a reminder.  Will keep y'all posted if I hear back from him.
shabbat shaom, Fern"

To which my reply was:

"WOw - that's really something. I'm dying to know more about this mysterious woman, so definitely keep me posted! I have all sorts of detailed questions about this situation, too.
Thanks for letting us all know,
A"

So exciting that sofrot are coming out of the woodwork! Because of this, women who wich to act a Jewish ritual scribes will not necessarily have to rely on a Halakhic minority opinion (albeit from some broadly accepted Rishonim & Acharonim), they could also rely on precedent! The quest to expand women's roles continues...