[NFBJ] Scribes interested in learning about blindness

Tue Aug 18 15:08:27 UTC 2026

Rachael,
I think that through our group, I can set up a meeting via Zoom.  I agree
that we should plan this after all the holidays.  Our group meetings have
usually taken place on a Sunday afternoon so that people from Israel could
join us.  However, this can take place any evening Sunday-Thursday.  You
could either share my contact information with the Scribes or give me their
contact information.  My phone is 757-572-6891.  I think we have a good
program here if we include Rabbi Sarko.  (He states that his scrolls are
made according to Halacha.  I think we have a good discussion here.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 10:48 AM Rachael D Hudson via NFBJ <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> I’m sure they would love to speak with you, sir!  You are another person I
> was hoping would weigh in here.  I will ask the contact I have if I can
> email you his phone number. This is the only contact I have for him. It is
> a mobile number that I text.
>
> -Rachael Everhart Hudson (She/Her)
>  267-268-5780
> "Do the hard things while they are still easy... The journey of a thousand
> miles begins with a single step."  -Lao Tzu
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> Cc: mlevy at verse-onality.com <mlevy at verse-onality.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBJ] Scribes interested in learning about blindness
>
> Can I contact "these gentlemen" on my own?
>
> Thank you.
>
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>
> good morning,
> It’s very interesting to me as well.  I personally like Rabbi Lenny‘s
> approach using just the braille itself..  I will definitely be wanting to
> ask these gentlemen questions of my own…
>
> For instance, we don’t touch the Taurus role because we don’t want to
> smudge the letters – especially the Divine name!  G-D forbid!  So I’m very
> curious about their plans and look forward to learning more from them.  I
> also greatly value Rabbi Lenny Sarko’s input on this discussion and on any
> meeting we might schedule with the group here.
>
> -Rachael Everhart Hudson (She/Her)
>  267-268-5780
> "Do the hard things while they are still easy... The journey of a thousand
> miles begins with a single step."  -Lao Tzu ________________________________
> From: Daveed Mandell <daveedmandell at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 August 2026 10:13:08
> To: in Judaism NFB <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Rachael D Hudson <hudson.rachaeld at gmail.com>; nfbj at nfbnet.org <
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> Subject: Re: [NFBJ] Scribes interested in learning about blindness
>
> Shalom:
>
> This is very exciting! Torah reading is something I have longed to do all
> my life. I was just recently thinking about a Torah with both print and
> Braille. Wouldn't that be something? By the way, does anyone have
> information on Braille trope signs for both Torah and Haftarah chanting?
>
> Kol tuv,
>
> Daveed
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 17, 2026, at 4:32 PM, Rachael D Hudson via NFBJ <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> Shalom y’all,
> A friend recently met a group of scribes at a maker space in Minnesota. He
> connected them with me in the hopes that I could pass them on to this group
> to help begin facilitating conversation.   It’s my understanding that these
> are orthodox or ultra orthodox scribes who are inspired by Rabbi Lenny‘s
> approach to a braille Torres scroll, but want to create something with the
> traditionally prescribed in and so on.  It is their hope that we can also
> perhaps put together a call in which they can learn from users of Hebrew
> Braille… Obviously, sometime after the high holidays.
>
> I agreed to send their message (below)
>
>
> A new project is exploring the creation of sacred Jewish texts that
> combine traditional handwritten Hebrew with Hebrew Braille, beginning with
> a prototype Megillat Esther and working towards a complete, kosher Torah
> scroll with Braille. The goal is to make communal ritual texts more
> accessible to blind Jews while preserving the rigorous requirements of
> Jewish scribal tradition. The project is feedback and suggestions from the
> blind community to help shape the work, which is being developed through
> the Kedusha Project: www.thekedushaproject.org<
> http://www.thekedushaproject.org><http://www.thekedushaproject.org<
> http://www.thekedushaproject.org>><http://www.thekedushaproject.org<
> http://www.thekedushaproject.org><http://www.thekedushaproject.org<
> http://www.thekedushaproject.org>>>
>
> -Rachael Everhart Hudson (She/Her)
> 267-268-5780
> "Do the hard things while they are still easy... The journey of a thousand
> miles begins with a single step."  -Lao Tzu
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