Jewish Torah Scribe and Potter – Rabbi Bec Richman

Living Our Beliefs: Exploring Faith & Religion in Daily Life

Episode 60.
Bec’s many strands of deep Jewish beliefs and practice in Reconstructionist Judaism are woven through her creative expressions. Inspired during her rabbinic school years, she has since become a soferet (Torah scribe) and potter. She has also become a mother. Contrary to many people’s complaints about stress and conflicts between differing aspects of their lives, for Bec her scribal arts, pottery, and parenting feed each other, adding much richness and creative outlets to her life. Tune in to learn about the inspiration and experience, and how that creativity is inherently accessible, healing, and liberatory.
Highlights:
· Steeped in the Reconstructionist community since childhood.
· Repairing Torah scrolls involves energy and intention.
· Bringing Torah to life through hands-on experiences.
· Living a life that is sacred, creative, connected to nature, and intertwined with others.
· The impact of gender on Bec's work as a female scribe.
· Integration of pottery, rabbinical studies, being a soferet, and motherhood.
· Reconstructionist Judaism values tradition but welcomes evolution.

Social Media links for Bec:
Website – https://www.kotevetstudios.com/

Social Media links for Méli:
Talking with God Project – https://www.talkingwithgodproject.org
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/melisolomon/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066435622271
Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1851013/episodes/14461216

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1. Jewish Torah Scribe and Potter – Rabbi Bec Richman (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:05)

3. Bec's Jewish path (00:02:15)

4. Being a scribe/Soferet STAM (00:04:09)

5. Jewish law (00:19:01)

6. Pottery (00:20:47)

7. Rabbinical school, soferet, pottery studies (00:22:35)

8. Creativity and creation (00:26:26)

9. Jewish Studio Project (00:36:58)