Showing posts with label antique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antique. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Aleppo Codex: Book Review from a Scribe's Perspective

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I've been meaning to write about the Aleppo/Ben Asher Codex for a long time. Now that Matti Friedman came out with a masterpiece book ...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Writing on Red Gvil!

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My posts are usually concise write-ups about Halacha discussions. This post is different - an open and honest account of my first time writi...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Amazing Megillot #7: Iraqi Esther Scroll

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I came across this beautiful Esther Scroll from Iraq. It's a very special piece, with symmetric motifs and splendid coloring. Written in...
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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Amazing Megillot #6: Sotheby's Important Judaica Auction

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In my previous post I wrote about Sotheby's Sefer Torah auction, which pocketed 398,500 (the estimate was 300,000 to 500,000). But there...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sotheby's Sefer Torah Auction

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Menachem Butler pointed me to Sotheby's Important Judaica auction which will take place in just a few days. One of the Auction's hi...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Two Columns of Shirat Haazinu

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The Mitzva of writing a Sefer Torah comes from this past week's Parsha, Haazinu. In the preceding Parsha, G-d says to Moshe that the Je...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Otiot Meshunot - Odd Letters of the Torah

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In the Torah scrolls of today, there are very few scribal oddities and it's not so hard to single them out: Large and small letters - ex...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Amazing Megillot #4 - Papercut on Red Leather

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This is a very special and contemporary Megillat Esther made by a personal frien, Uri Revach. It's hard to do papercut in a Megilla sin...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Purim of Saragossa

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Now that we've all celebrated Purim, I want to share with you the story of another Purim, known to few, which is celebrated by the desce...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Amazing Megillot #3 - The Gross Family Meggilla

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_____ This Megilla is like no other. It's an antique piece from the 18th century Germany and it remains in good condition. The coolness ...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Keset Hasofer and my Amazing Find

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Countless books were written about Safrut throughout the centuries. The library of a Sofer must surely include the basics: Tur, Shulchan Aru...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Amazing Megillot Series #1

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I saw this absolutely fabulous Megilat Esther in a Jerusalem Judaica store. It's not an antique piece - it's actually brand new. I c...