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.

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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.

Saturday, November 06, 2004

BS"D

WHAT DO I WANT TO ACHIEVE?


Monday, August 16th
Elat Chayyim mornings are pleasantly disorienting as time spent in a nunnery.
Pages 204 - 206 in Tamar Ross' book are haunting me.
By the time I have completed this Sefer Torah, I want to have achieved independence and empowerment through the embrace of the 613th commandment, in the literal & mystic sense. I want to have claimed a direct, intimate personal relationship with G@d, which is within the grasp of all people, by doing the Work which I believe is mine to complete. I want to have defended the traditions of a moderate Orthodox Jewish stance in a society dominated by atheism & religious extremism, where fear & hate have gained unprecedented power and influence. I want to have helped heal the world & my own soul by obedience to HaMaqom.

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