Museum at Eldridge Street

📜 Regarded as the most sacred object in Jewish religious life, the Torah has historically been written exclusively by men since at least the 3rd century BCE. Remarkably, the first documented Torah completed by a woman was scribed in 2007.

🖋️A Sefer Torah, a handwritten Torah scroll, contains precisely 304,805 letters, with a longstanding tradition suggesting that each letter corresponds to a soul in the Jewish people. The production of a Torah is an exacting endeavor, requiring a highly trained scribe (sofer) approximately a year to complete, adhering to rigorous halachic (Jewish legal) standards.

📍Wednesday, October 29 at 6pm

Join our workshop with Soferet Leana Tapnack, one of the few female ritual scribes today, as we explore ancient Hebrew scribal arts.

🎬 Afterward, stay for a special screening and discussion with filmmaker Lauren Greenhall, featuring a preview of her upcoming documentary, “That’s How You Make a Torah.”

Photos by Louise Bartolotta & Emeline Lotherington