Wed 1 Dec 2010
Tonight at sundown, Jewish families will gather to light the first candle of the menorah for Hanukkah. The members of the Kadima Reconstructionist Community in Seattle have much to celebrate – their very own Torah, and the first one in the world created entirely by female scribes as part of the Women’s Torah Project.
Women’s Torah from Sasha Perry on Vimeo.
The Women’s Torah was finished in Seattle, Washington on October 15, 2010, with the help of many hands, hearts, and spirits. It is not only the first Torah written and embellished by an international community of women, it is the first Torah literally sewn together in community. Dozens of people had the opportunity to fill in letters, sew the parchment panels together, and tie the scroll to the rollers. Many others watched or helped the six scribes put the 62 panels in order, under the exultant wings of Shekinah.
