Scribing the Tabernacle: A Visual Midrash Embedded in the Torah Scroll

A visual midrash is embedded in plain sight in many of today's Torah scrolls. If you take a look, you’ll notice that most Ashkenazi and Sephardi Torah scrolls begin each column with the letter vav, a practice referred to as Vavei Ha‛ammudim (ווי העמודים), “the vavs of the columns.” is embedded in plain | Dr. Rabbi David Z. Moster

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