SOFER

A sofer is a custodian of God's words. It could be argued that so, too, is the printer who sets a Bible into type. But according to Orthodox Judaism, the words of the Torah have a power that goes beyond the logical force of their dictionary meanings. Bound up with them is God's creative energy, a rational force that a worshiper can sense by reading from a Torah written by a human hand guided by the intelligence of a man's mind and the piety of his heart. With every perfectly formed letter he writes, a scribe brings a bit of the shekhinah, the divine presence, to a scroll.

CHAIN OF GENERATIONS

A new permanent exhibit called ‘The Chain of Generations Centre” opened near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.  Visitors enjoy a moving experience that relates the fascinating story of the Jewish people throughout the generations.  This story takes us through 3,500 years – from exile to statehood, from destruction to rebuilding, and from crisis to hope.