Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Pitum HaKetoret on Klaf - a Good Idea?

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One of the most popular Judaica items today is the Pitum HaKetoret, an excerpt of the Tamud in Kereisos 6, written like a Sefer Torah in p...
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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Preparatory Prayers in Safrut - an Overview

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The Talmud in Berachos 13a mentions in passing a classic Talmudical dispute if Mitzvot need intent (מצוות צריכות כוונה) or not. For instanc...
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Sunday, October 6, 2019

Mission Accomplished! My first Sefer Torah (actually, not really mine)

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I have come a long way since I set out to write my own Sefer Torah years back. I studied all the relevant Halachot and sources, got myself a...
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...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Instagram's Sofer Stam

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When I started blogging about Safrut years back, my goal was to provide authentic content at a time when almost all resources where from scr...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Eishes Chayil Artwork

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This is an Eishes Chayil I made some 4 years ago for my wife. My ktiva came out pretty solid and the fact that there are no Halachot to foll...
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Monday, May 23, 2016

Line skipped - scraping needed

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It has been a difficult season for my writing - I somehow made a few mistakes I never do. One mistake involves a Shem written in th...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Column 4,5,6,7 of 214

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After a long hiatus, an update about my progress. I made a big mistake in this column... I skipped a line, luckily towards the end and I h...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Sotheby's Auctions Oldest Complete Ashkenazi Torah Scroll

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It's fascinating to see so many important books being auctioned lately, with top dollar hammer prices. What really got my attention is...
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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Daf Yomi Insights: Lot, His Daughters and the Dots on top of the letters of the Torah

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The Talmud in Nazir 23a discusses the story of Lot and his daughters, who fled the destruction of Sodom and were alone in a cave, thinking...
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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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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Jpost: Torah scroll held captive by Iraqi secret police restored for use in Foreign Ministr

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  A Torah scroll written some 150 to 200 years ago in Iraq but which fell captive to the Iraqi secret police has been resto...
Monday, January 19, 2015

70-Year-Old Mezuzah in Perfect Condition Found in Poland

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As part of project to memoralize Jews who disappeared in Holocaust, remarkable discovery made on doorpost in Przemysl. http://www.israel...