Showing posts with label tefillin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tefillin. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Lavlor Judaica - it's here!

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As a Sofer I have spent countless hours looking at letters and also studying different concepts and ideas brought down in Chazal in the fiel...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

The Tefillin's Four-Legged Shin

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The Tefillin shel Rosh has the distinctive feature of possessing a regular Shin in its right side, and a bizarre four legged Shin in the opp...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Ze Keili VeAnveihu זה אלי ואנוהו

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This is an addendum to one of my earlier posts which discussed Ze Keili Veanveihu. Just a quick briefing: " זה אלי ואנוהו "...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Matzos and Tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam

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Someone presented me with a brand new Sefer called Ot Yatziv, from Zanz, which deals exclusively with the Minhaguim of Zanz in Sa...
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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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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Using the Magnifying Lense in Safrut

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One of the most important concepts of Safrut is that every word should be "Mukaf Gevil" - which means that it should be surrounded...
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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Good Hand or a Good Heart?

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"Ze Keili Veanveihu" , roughly translated as ”this is my G-d and I will glorify him", is the source of Chazal's concept o...
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Petuchot and Setumot

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This is one of the most hotly debated topics of Safrut and I just want to write a little bit about the basics and how this subject impacts...
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