Temple Service Could Be One Week Away as Sanhedrin Appoints High Priest

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz August 29, 2016 , 11:30 am “For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Hashem of hosts.” Malachi 2:7 (The Israel Bible™) Rabbi Baruch Kahane, shown here offering the Omer (barley) sacrifice to Go…

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Sofer Stam – Scribe Workshop

The Sofer – Scribe Workshop

Connect with the story of writing holy texts in the traditional way. Meet an experienced Sofer Stam and learn how he writes Tefillin, Mezuzot, Megilot and Sefer Torah Scrolls.

Archeologists have found ancient scrolls over 2000 years old, such as Tefillin which were  found from the Bar Kochba Rebellion which are just like the Tefillin that we don today.

When you participate in the Sofer Scribe workshop you will understand how Holy scrolls have been written  for thousands of years on Leather Parchment using inks made from ancient recipes  written with bamboo or feather quill pens.

Every tiny point on every tiny letter gets special attention

In the Sofer Scribe Workshop You will learn about:

  • The rules for making Holy scrolls
  • Parchments
  • Leather Tefillin boxes
  • Symbolism within Tefillin
  • Concepts that are central to Jewish Beliefs written on these parchments, cherished by all Jews
  • How to write some Hebrew letters on parchment using traditional materials
  • Learn some fun stories from the Talmud

make an appointment for your Family on a Bar Mitzva tour or any tour group in Israel or for a special trip to your community abroad. Email steve@milknhoney.co.il or Call 0544572366, NY (212) 729-8094 or (516) 595-1713, London 020 3734 8595 

 

Sewing Tefillin together as part of the Sofer Stam Scribe Workshop with Rabbi Steve Bar Yakov Gindi
Sewing Tefillin together as part of the Sofer Stam Scribe Workshop with Rabbi Steve Bar Yakov Gindi

 

צפו: המפות המודרניות הראשונות של ירושלים

150 year old maps of Jerusalem! really interesting

יורשי אספן מפות נדהמו לגלות בין עיזבונו אוגדן של מפות נדירות ששורטטו לפני כ-150 שנה. “הבסיס להבנה וההכרה המודרנית את העיר ירושלים, אשר עד אז הייתה אפופה מסתורין”. הן נמכרו במכירה פומבית תמורת 13 אלף שקל

Source: צפו: המפות המודרניות הראשונות של ירושלים

February 6: The Pirate Rabbi | Jewish Currents

This is a very interesting pont about someone who suffered from the Spanish and decided that Piracy was a great way to get back at that Empire whose maritime trade was so central.

Samuel Pallache, known as the “Pirate Rabbi,” died on this date in 1616 (some sources say February 4) in Amsterdam, the city where he had founded a community of Sephardic conversos in 1591. Pallache, who grew up in the Jewish…

Source: February 6: The Pirate Rabbi | Jewish Currents