Fri 2 Mar 2007
Patience of a Saint?
Posted by thenextstopwillbe under Whatnot
I’m sure that’s fine for some but how about the patience of a rabbi?
There’s a really nice story in the NY Times today about special rabbis, called sofers, who restore Torahs. That’s all 304, 805 letters. By hand. With a turkey feather quill. And handmade ink.
As if that’s not impressive in and of itself, should they make a serious enough mistake then they have to start over. The mistake could be as simple as a drop of ink in the wrong place. Wow! I think I’ll stick to computers where I can just reboot if things get messy.
Letter by Letter, Sacred Documents Are Reborn
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