The Torah Factory is a great workshop in preparation for the holiday of Shavuot. This hands-on workshop is about the ancient art of biblical calligraphy and scroll making, The presenter will show the participants the basic elements of producing parchment, making scribes ink, and fashioning quills. Participants in the Torah Factory have the opportunity to prepare raw hides into parchment, learn how to whittle a goose feather into a quill, and mix basic ingredients like carbon into ink. Children then have the thrill of writing the ancient Hebrew letters with their own quills on the hand-made parchment, and creating their own take-home souvenirs.
This exciting workshop traces the ancient history of writing from cave writing, hieroglyphics, Egyptian tablets, papyrus, and culminating with the development of parchment writing which has preserved the holy Bible for civilization throughout the ages.