Sunday, November 13, 2011

Short Q&A - Machon Ot

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Founded by Rabbi Yitzchak Shteiner and Rabbi Yitzchak Goldshtein,  Machon Ot is  a non-profit organization  based in Jerusalem which has de...
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Halacha LeMaase: Hanging Words

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A student from Indiana University emailed me some pictures of an old Sefer Torah which reminded me of a few obscure Halachot. Take a look i...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Baruch Shekivanti!

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"In the beit midrash, it is considered an exciting delight to find that one's original thought was actually innovated by an earl...
Monday, October 3, 2011

Melechet Shamayim

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Just came across a very good blog that also focuses on Safrut. The author is very handy and like experiments, and I specially like his seri...
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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 "...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Saving an Holocaust Torah Scroll - Part II

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This is a follow-up of an earlier post . So here we are, a year since I first saw the Holocaust Torah I wrote about. For a full year nothi...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Lost Torah Scroll from Munkatch

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This is for the Hebrew speaking readers - the remarkable story of a small Sefer Torah from Munktach which survived the WW2. Enjoy
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Stam Stories #5: The Sofer and the Quill

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Horav Moshe Zaggaro, zl, one of the distinguished rabbanim in Fez, Morocco, was also a sofer, scribe. He had an interesting way of writing a...
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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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Saving an Holocaust Torah Scroll - Part I

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There's has been a lot of press surrounding the veracity of a few Holocaust Torah Scrolls sold by a Maryland Rabbi, and being that I...
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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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Thursday, January 13, 2011

My Progress #7: 2nd Mezuza is reviewed by expert sofer..

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... and it's 100% kosher! The sofer who checks my works is VERY attentive and is known for seeing what no one else sees. For many he is ...
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Amazing Megillot #9 - JTS

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This is a Megilla from Jewish Theological Seminary's Rare Book Room. The "hang-man" illustration of the ten sons of Haman is r...
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, November 14, 2010

White Fire and Black Fire

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The Ashkenazi sofrim have a custom of writing the Peh in a way that there's also a Bet inside it. Until the Second World War, the Sofrim...
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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Stam Stories #4: The letters and the creation

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This story is found in the Introduction to the Zohar, Ot 23. While it's well known that the world was created by G-d with the letter Bet...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

My Progress #6: 2nd Mezuza

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Here's snap of my new project, my second Mezuza. I did have some problem to fit in the word Veshinantam but I managed..!
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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