Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Rosalyne Bernstein gets help from Rabbi Miller, the sofer or scribe of the Bet Ha'am Torah, as she writes a letter in the book. Miller left some letters undone so that congregation members could write them in.
The event was the siyum ha-sefer, or completion of the book The "book" is the sefer Torah, the handwritten copy of the Torah, a scroll that comprises the Five Books of Moses.
In this Reform congregation, women are involved in all aspects of the synagogue, including reading the Torah and the Torah dedication.
About This Item
- Title: Bet Haam Torah dedication, South Portland, 2009
- Creator: Susan Gatti
- Creation Date: 2009-05-06
- Subject Date: 2009-05-06
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. S-7018, Misc. Box 236/5
- Collection: Photographs taken at Congregation Bet Ha'am, South Portland, Maine
- Object Type: Image
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- Dedications--Maine--South Portland
- Jewish women--Maine--South Portland
- Jews--United States--Maine
- Rabbis--Maine--South Portland
- Reform Judaism--Maine--South Portland
- Synagogues--Maine--South Portland
- Torah scrolls--Dedication
- Women in Judaism
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