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Creating the Sacred Community
From: Columbia University
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 he exhibition "Kehillat Ha-Kodesh--Creating the Sacred Community: The Roles of the Rabbi, Cantor, Mohel and Shohet in Jewish Communal Life" (www.jtsa.edu/library/exhib/kehillat/index.shtml), sponsored by the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, spotlights four professions essential to Jewish communities: the rabbi, the cantor, the mohel (circumciser) and the shoet (ritual slaughterer). These community representatives help Jews fulfill the required religious rituals of daily life. Not only do they perform rituals on behalf of the community; they also instruct and certify the next generation of leaders.  This exhibit draws on the JTS library's collection of decorated broadsides, illuminated manuscripts and rare books, presenting a detailed portrait of the diversity of Jewish communal life. The curators focus on the certification received by these professionals and the books created for their use, in an attempt to understand the extent of their duties and their relationship with the communities they served. |
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