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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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

COUNTDOWN

BS"D

A photo diary of my second to last day in Eretz ha-Qodesh, the Holy Land:

An arched building adjacent to the Armenian Quarter of the Old City. This says "1938", the year my Mum was born:

The first az I encountered, as I peered at the Kotel from Mount Zion:

As I turned around I found this on a gate:

On my way out of the Rova, near the valley that Hell is named for, I caught another one:

In the park at Yemin Moshe:

& finally:

The memorial plaque at the restored & rejewvenated Cafe Hillel:

One of the last lines reads Hashem yenuqam damam - G@d will avenge their blood.

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