More events plus hands on learning opportunities to be scheduled throughout the year.
Join us for the Siyyum (completion) ceremony on Sunday June 9, 2024. Details to be announced.
Rabbi Kevin Hale is a trained Sofer STaM, Torah scribe. His work focuses on evaluating and restoring Sifrei Torah and writing and teaching about our sacred scribal traditions. Rabbi Hale is an engaging teacher and speaker; he brings his passion about Torah and the sacred scribal traditions to congregations, chavurot, and schools and ignites interest with his enthusiasm, knowledge and hands-on style. He is equally skilled at engaging young children, teens and adults.
The 613th commandment to write a Torah is addressed to all Jewish people. As a dynamic service leader and teacher, Rabbi Hale draws in people of all ages and backgrounds, to activate within each of us our potential as Torah scribes and to attune our eyes and hands and hearts to this most essential but often unknown or misunderstood mitzvah.
A sofer (Hebrew for “scribe”) is specially trained to write the holy texts onto parchment using the traditional form of Hebrew calligraphy. A sofer is also responsible to ensure existing texts are properly written and have not been damaged over time.
A sofer is also known as a sofer STaM, acronym for Sefer Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzah, the three sacred items that the sofer writes most often. In addition, a sofer may write Megillah scrolls to be used on Purim, and specialized documents such as a get for a Jewish divorce.
More information to come!
