Showing posts with label meguila. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meguila. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Picture

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I saw this beautiful picture the other day of an artist illuminating a Megillah. Enjoy
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Monday, March 5, 2012

Amazing Megillot #10: In Gvil

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It's one of my dreams to write in Gvil, so I was very interested to see a picture of this Gevil Megillat Esther, written in Veillish. Ha...
Monday, April 19, 2010

My Progress #5: My First Mezuza

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Today I finished writing my very first Mezuza, which means that I'm a step closer towards my goal of writing a Sefer Torah. This time th...
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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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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

My Progress #4: Megillat Shir Hashirim

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I finally managed to finish my Megillat Shir Hashirim, which took some 4 months to write. I had a very tough time writing this one since th...
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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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Friday, October 9, 2009

Pic: Zoomed Shin

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Aside from Safrut, I love photography and I wanted to post this cool pic, which I took using my diamond lupe. This is my soon-to-be-compl...
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 21, 2009

Esnoga's Scrolls

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The Esnoga is one of the most important historic synagogues of the world and it was built during the golden years of the Jewish community of...
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 ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Amazing Megillot #2 - The Agam Meggilla

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I saw this one in the website of the Library of Congress. I've seen other works by Agam but never a Holy Book and this Megilla really s...
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...