Tikkun megillat hashoah
In 2003, a new piece of liturgy was created to commemorate the Shoah and give Jews around the world a standard text to use each year on Yom Hashoah.[1] This was contained in a small booklet called Megillat Hashoah and was published by the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly along with the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. It presented a six-chapter account of the dark days of the Holocaust.
Background
Jews throughout the ages have recounted their own experiences during the Holocaust. Many of these stories were recorded using parchment and quills. Sofer STaM Marc Michaels was commissioned by the former Rabbi of Brighton Synagogue to turn these narratives into a kasher scroll that could be read by the community on Yom Hashoah.
Drawing on previous scholarship and scribal traditions to create a visual Midrash that adds further depth and meaning to the text, the scroll has been turned into a tikkun - a copyists guide - explaining the journey of the booklet to scroll and detailing the rules so that scribes over the world may create scrolls. The book describes a fascinating journey on the creation of the first new tikkun in thousands of years and hopefully the establishment of a new minhag to help ensure that the Shoah is remembered for all generations
The Tikkun Megillat Hashoah was written by Marc Michaels, Sofer STaM with the authorisation of the Rabbinic Assembly and the Schechter Institute. It contains the entire unpointed text of the Megillat Hashoah, including annotations and explanatory articles.
References
External links
- The text of the Megillat Hashoah in booklet form is available from the Rabbical Assembly/Schechter Institute. The authorised tikkun is available at www.lulu.com/content/871367.
- www.sofer.co.uk gives more information on the tikkun.