Q&A: Writing Letters in a Torah Scroll by Women
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Writing Letters in a Torah Scroll by Women
Question
Hello Rabbi,
A family donated a Torah scroll, and the women in the family want to take part in writing the letters (whether publicly or privately, with the goal of feeling that they are part of the scroll, since they also participated in donating for it) — is that possible?
Thank you very much.
Answer
A woman is disqualified from writing a Torah scroll. See Gittin 45b; Menachot 42b.