sofer
Sign in to savethumb|A sofer at work, Ein Bokek, Israel thumb|A sofer sews together the pieces of parchment A sofer, sopher, sofer SeTaM, sofer ST"M (, "scribe"; plural , ), or soifer () is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Sifrei Kodesh (holy scrolls), tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzot (ST"M, , is an abbreviation of these three terms) and other religious writings.
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- Description
- Qualifications and education
- Texts teaching sofrut
- Women and sofrut
- Documents written by scribes
- Calligraphy and lettering
- See also
- References and notes
- External links
thumb|A sofer at work, Ein Bokek, Israel thumb|A sofer sews together the pieces of parchment A sofer, sopher, sofer SeTaM, sofer ST"M (, "scribe"; plural , ), or soifer () is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Sifrei Kodesh (holy scrolls), tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzot (ST"M, , is an abbreviation of these three terms) and other religious writings.
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