Contemporary Jewish Museum (Venue Partner)
736 Mission St
415.655.7800
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As It Is Written: Project 304,805
- When
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Oct 8, 2009 – Oct 3, 2010
Mondays–Tuesdays (11:30am–5pm)
Thursdays (5–8pm)
Fridays–Sundays (11:30am–5pm)
- Where
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Directions: 736 Mission Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets.
- Price
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$10 Adults; $8 Seniors and Students over 18 with ID; Free for Youth 18 and under and Members; $5 after 5 PM on Thursdays
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It begins with parchment, ink, a hand-sharpened feather quill, and a scribe who states out loud the intention to write a Torah scroll, the most holy and important object in Judaism. One year, 62 sheets, 248 columns, 10,416 lines, and finally 304,805 letters later, it is written. As It Is Written: Project 304,805, is an exhibition centered around a soferet (a professionally trained female scribe) who while on public view will write out the entire text of the Torah over the course of a full year. As the soferet works within the gallery, she will actively engage in dialogue during a scheduled time each day, answer questions, and share the mysteries and tools of her trade. Around this central activity, the Museum presents a series of displays that explore the Torah in its many facets: as historical artifact, ritual object, scribal tradition, and contemporary muse. On view will be new works responding to sections of the Torah created by local and national contemporary artists, including Alan Berliner and Jordan Kantor.
