The extraordinarily complex process of creating a Torah, including its wooden, mtal and cloth components, is highlighted. Partiipants:
- Gain an appreciation of the skills required for this intricate task;
- View a Video and samples illustrating the process of making a Torah scroll, starting with the raw hide, through the tanning and sanding, until the parchment is finished;
- Write their Hebrew name with a goose quill, in the script used by the sofer, on a piece of finished parchment which they take home;
- Take home a souvenir scribe's kit
This program may be adapted to a Torah-writing ceremony beginning or completion.
