Showing posts with label ktav ashurit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ktav ashurit. Show all posts
Friday, October 4, 2019

Aleph א in Safrut and Modern History - Exploring the Hebrew Alphabet #1

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The Aleph is probably the most famous letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and one could spend hours talking about its history, hidden meanings an...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Ktav Ari

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Check my previous post on the different Ashurit scripts before reading this one. The Ktav Ari is one of Safrut's most fascinating ...
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Monday, October 4, 2010

Mark of Cain and the Mezuza of Egypt

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In last week's Parsha the Torah talks about the "אות" Cain received after he complained that his sin (killing his brother Heve...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

The New and Old Peh

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If you look at old Ashkenazi Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Mezuzot, you will always note a very distinctive Peh. This old Peh has a "hunc...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Minhag of Writing the Last Words of a Sefer Torah

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One of my favorite blogs, Lion on Zion, wrote a post about women in Safrut and in the discussion thread we somehow got drawn to the intere...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Rashi Vs. Rabbeinu Tam - Round 1

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One of the classic discussions among the commentators of the Talmud is between Rashi (11th century) and his nephews, known as the Tosafists...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Ktav Ashurit and the Modern Day Siddurim

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First a very brief intro: there's a discussion in the Talmud in regards to what font was featured in the original Luchot. We follow the ...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

My Progress #1 - Pitum Haketoret

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This was my very first work, a large one-column Pitum Haketoret. It took me some 17 days to complete it and I managed to avoid any mistakes...
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