Aviel Barclay
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Aviel Barclay
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Aviel Barclay is a Canadian soferet. On October 6, 2003, she became the first woman to be traditionally trained and certified as a Jewish scribe, an occupation held by men in the Orthodox tradition. She completed her first Torah scroll in fall 2010 under the auspices of the Kadima Women's Torah Project in Seattle, Washington. She is the subject of the 2005 television documentary Soferet. Born to a Christian family in Prince George, British Columbia, Barclay converted to Judaism as an adult.
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Canadian female sofer
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2023-04-02T02:54:31Z
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