ON BEING A ROLE MODEL

BS"D


By writing on the subject of women being permitted to act as Jewish ritual scribes, I am careful to not sound like I'm giving p'sak Halakhah (rendering a legal judgement). I am not a posek, neither am I a rabbi nor am I even a scholar...just a soferet. Or no more than an elightened fool to some. Being the vanguard in this field is a grave responsibility which is sometimes frightening & always humbling. I am not in love with my cause, however I have a deep faith that pioneering this area of Jewish ritual & practice for women was always my calling. To be honest, each time I have tried to evade this destiny, G@d has whipped me back onto my netiv, my path & sent me forward.

I have a healthy fear of celebrity. I'm not into the celebrity culture aspect of being an artist or a figure of religious leadership. To me it represents extinction. The more people know about you, the less they want to try to figure out what you have to say with your work, and the less credibility you have. & loss of credibility in the practice of sofrut means loss of work.

Persistence of Vision is the key.

I continually remind myself: "Don't pay attention to the media, don't look behind you like Lot's wife, just face forward & walk your path."

With G@d's help