Soferet (film)

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Soferet: A Special Scribe
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Aviel Barclay writing a Torah scroll
Directed byDonna and Daniel Zuckerbrot
Produced byDonna and Daniel Zuckerbrot
CinematographyAndrew Binnington
Edited by Michèle Hozer
Music byAaron Davis
John Lang
Release date
  • May 2006 (2006-05)
Running time
48 mminutes
CountriesCanada
Israel
United States
LanguageEnglish

Soferet: A Special Scribe is a 2006 television documentary about Aviel Barclay, who studied to become a sofer, which is a traditionally male position transcribing Jewish Hebrew texts. The documentary explains how she became the world's first known traditionally trained female scribe in October 2003. [1] [2] The film explores the importance of the Torah in Jewish life, the perfection required to execute a kosher Torah scroll, and a feminist perspective on the battle waged by some Jewish women to assume responsibilities traditionally reserved for men.

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Summary

Barclay was born into a Christian family in Prince George, Canada. [3] As a girl, she enjoyed calligraphy and taught herself the letters of the Hebrew alphabet by the age of 10. [3] She converted to Judaism as an adult and joined the Orthodox Jewish community. [3] The film chronicles Aviel Barclay studying to become a sofer (Jewish scribe) in Orthodox Judaism.

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References

  1. ↑ "Simchat Torah with a Soferet's Torah | Jewesses with Attitude". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ Lowenstein, Alice (June 3, 2005). "A Female Scribe's Trailblazing Effort". The Forward.
  3. 1 2 3 "Soferet [videorecording]: A special scribe". University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved December 15, 2015.


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