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Kulmus
''Ktav Stam'' () is the specific Jewish traditional writing with which holy scrolls (), tefillin and mezuzot are written. ''Stam'' is a Hebrew acronym denoting these writings, as indicated by the gershayim () punctuation mark. One who writes such articles is called a . The writing is done by means of a feather, and ink (known as ) onto special parchment called ''klaf''. There exist two primary traditions in respect to the formation of the letters, ''Ktav HaAshkenazi'' and ''Ktav HaSefardi'', however the differences between them are slight. Parchment Klaf is the material on which a ''sofer'' writes certain Jewish liturgical and ritual documents, the kosher form of parchment or vellum. The writing material can be made of the specially prepared skin of a kosher animal – goat, cattle, or deer. The hide can consist of: * '' Gevil'' (), the full, un-split hide; * ''Klaf'' (), the outer, hairy layer; or * '' Duchsustus'' () Only ''gevil'' and ''klaf'' can be used for holy writings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tag (Hebrew Writing)
A tag (Aramaic: , plural , ) is a decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in the Jewish scrolls of Sifrei Kodesh, Tefillin and Mezuzot. The Hebrew name for this scribal feature is (). Both and mean 'crown' in Aramaic and Hebrew respectively. Placement In modern practice, the letters Beth, Daleth, He, Heth, Yud and Quf have one tag (Mnemonic: BeDeQ-ChaYaH ). The letters Gimel, Zayin, Tet, Nun, Ayin, Tzadi and Shin, as far back as Talmudic times, have 3 tags (Mnemonic: Sha´ATNeZ-GaTz ). Some manuscripts feature embellished on the top line of each column and some also on all occurrences of the Tetragrammaton other than those prefixed with a lamed. Sefer Tagin About the 2nd century CE, a work called ''Sefer Tagin'' ( or ) emerged attributed to Rabbi Akiva which laid out the 1960 places where modified tagin or letter forms occur in a Torah scroll. In it, the locations of letters which receive a number of tagin which differs from the ''sha'atnez gatz'' tradition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaf
Klaf or Qelaf ( he, קְלָף) is the designation given a particular piece of skin. The Talmudic definition includes both the form of the skin and the way it is processed, in particular, that it must be tanned. Since the innovative ruling of ''Rabbeinu Tam'' (12th century Tosafist) it is primarily used to refer to parchment or vellum. It is one of the materials upon which a writes certain Jewish liturgical and ritual documents. Description is a specially prepared, tanned, split skin of a kosher animalgoat, cattle, or deer. Rabbinic literature addresses three forms of tanned skin: , consisting of the full, unsplit hide; and and which are the two halves of the full hide. The rabbinic scholars are divided upon which is the inner and which is the outer of the two halves. Maimonides is of the opinion that was the inner layer and that was the outer layer The Shulchan Aruch rules in the reverse that was the outer layer and that was the inner layer Preparation The legally r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
