Sunday, January 22, 2012

Beware of False Mezuzot

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While watching TorahLive's Mezuza DVD (see previous post), I was intrigued to hear about a story of false Mezuzot in the Bank of Israel ...

TorahLive - Mezuza

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The other day I saw this DVD in the local Judaica store - a Mezuza DVD presentation. I happen to know the person behind it, Rabbi Roth, and ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Hanukka Candles and Mezuza

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There's an interesting Halacha in Hanuka that is connected to the Safrut topic. The Talmud in Shabbos (22a) says: אמר רבה נר חנוכה...
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Friday, December 9, 2011

My Progress #8: 3rd Mezuza - Big Size

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I'm moving soon to a new house and I will need quite a few Mezuzot, so wrote a third Mezuza. This time, I used a big size klaf, with li...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

Ink

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The title of this post is rather short and simple but this topic in Safrut is obscure, confusing and very challenging. The scribes usually p...
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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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