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The secrets of a sofer

Rabbi Gedaliah Druin

Rabbi Gedaliah Druin

One Sunday afternoon in September, Rabbi Gedaliah Druin dropped by Temple Shearith Israel in Ridgefield to enthrall religious school students, as well as the shul’s congregants, with an insider’s look at his sacred work as a sofer – a scribe tasked with the holy duty of writing and maintaining the Torah scrolls.

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