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Mordechai Pinchas Sofer

This website has been designed to give an overview of the important mitsvah of sofrut (scribal arts) and of the personal (and occasionally humorous) journey of a sofer (scribe) and this age-old craft.

The website has new stuff every so often but for more regular updates there’s a companion ‘fan page’ on facebook and twitter feed both updated regularly and blog at http://mordechaihasofer.blogspot.com/ (not updated quite so often) and books on Kulmus Publishing.

mordechai pinchas at work

the activities of a sofer

Sections on the mezuzah, tefillin k’tubot (marriage documents) and gittin (bills of divorce) and megillot.

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The sefer torah section shows lots of info on how a torah is put together and how they are maintained, PLUS a special section about torah mantles I have designed. Diaries 21-25 talk about the new Megillat haShoah.

forming the letters
according to the halachah.
Learn about the different styles then click on
aleph bet or the animated picture on the right.

animated letter aleph

visual midrash

Strange scribal idiosyncracies!

vayikra with small aleph

Ever wondered why parts of the torah look at bit strange?  Here’s your chance to find out.

diary of a
sofer

Visit all 41 episodes of
the sofer’s diary.

unrolling the megilah

It’s best to read them in order but you don’t have to. Honest.

ball of giddin

tools of the trade

The kulmus (quill), k’laf (parchment) and giddin (sinew).

A section on d’yo (ink) is nearly complete.

sources and
references

Books about Sofrut in English and Hebrew for you to find out more.Click on sources or the picture on the right.

book cover - Chasdey David

Whilst I work with progressive communities, my own practice, scribal activity and the halachic material included in this site is largely based on orthodoxy. This material is not exhaustive nor should it be considered authoritative, nor should it in any way negate the need to address questions requiring halachic interpretation to a competent rabbinical authority.  Also this site does occasionally contain the holy names of God.  Therefore if you should print out a page containing these, please treat it with care and respect.

Please ignore the paragraph below. Because of the many possible spellings of the Hebrew words used by this site in transliterated form I have listed out keywords for the search engines:

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