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Sofer (other)
A sofer is a ritual scribe in Judaism. People with the surname Sofer, Sofaer or Sopher * Sofer of Prague (Abraham Niederländer), 16th-century Jewish-Austrian mathematician * Abraham Sofaer (1896–1988), British stage actor * Abraham David Sofaer (born 1938), federal judge for the United States District Court * Ariela Sofer, Israeli and American operations researcher * Chaim Sofer (1821–1886), Hungarian rabbi * Jekuthiel Sofer, 18th-century Jewish scribe from Amsterdam * Moses Sofer (1762–1839), Orthodox rabbi also known by the name of his most famous work the ''Chatam Sofer'' * Ofir Sofer, Israeli politician and minister (from Jan 2023) * Rena Sofer (born 1968), American actress * Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (1815–1871), Hungarian rabbi also known as the Ktav Sofer * Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939), Iraqi rabbi and author of ''Kaf HaChaim'' * Yehoshua Sofer, Israeli martial artist * Aaron Sopher (1905–1972), American artist Other * Rube John Sofer, a character played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofer
A sofer, sopher, sofer SeTaM, or sofer ST"M ( he, סופר סת״ם, "scribe"; plural of is , ; female: ) 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. By simple definition, soferim are copyists, but their religious role in Judaism is much more. Besides sifrei Torah, tefillin, and mezuzot, scribes are necessary to write the Five Megillot (scrolls of the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Book of Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Book of Lamentations), Nevi'im (the books of the prophets, used for reading the haftarah), and for , divorce documents. Many scribes also function as calligraphers—writing functional documents such as (marriage contracts), or ornamental and artistic renditions of religious texts, which do not require any scribal qualifications, and to which the rules on lettering and parchment specifications do not apply. The major halakha per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
