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  • From: "Joseph I. Lauer" <josephlauer AT hotmail.com>
  • To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1
  • Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:32:54 -0400

Karyn Traphagen wrote, "I am curious as to the medium for these scrolls.
Are the small scrolls you describe written on paper or on parchment (animal
skin)? Were they hand-lettered?"
The small Torah scrolls were written on animal skins by hand by a scribe
("sofer") in the same manner and subject to the same rules as the larger and
heavier Torah scrolls.
Joseph I. Lauer
Brooklyn, New York



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