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A sofer at work, Ein Bokek, Israel A sofer sews together the pieces of parchment A sofer, sopher, sofer SeTaM, or sofer ST"M (Hebrew: סופר סת״ם, "scribe"; plural soferim, סופרים) is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Sifrei Kodesh (holy scrolls), tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzot (ST"M, סת״ם, is an abbreviation of these three terms) and other religious writings.
Aaron ben Moses ben Asher (Hebrew: אַהֲרוֹן בֶּן משֶׁה בֶּן אָשֵׁר, romanized: ʾAhăron ben Moše ben ʾĀšēr; 10th century, died c. 960) was a sofer (Jewish scribe) who lived in Tiberias. He perfected the Tiberian system of writing vowel sounds in Hebrew. The system is still in use today, serving as the basis for ...
Ezra, Jewish sofer in the early Second Temple period; Máel Muire mac Céilechair, a principal scribe of the Lebor na hUidre manuscript; Metatron, celestial scribe in the angelology tradition; Poggio Bracciolini, Italian Renaissance scholar known for his humanist script; Sidney Rigdon, scribe who assisted with the Joseph Smith Translation of ...
Time-period Notes Ezra the Scribe: 5th century B.C. Prophet and leader of the Jewish nation Baruch ben Neriah: 6th century B.C. Scribe for the Prophet Jeremiah: Aaron ben Moses ben Asher: 10th century Tiberian scribe Azaria Piccio: 17th century Venice, Republic of Venice: Jekuthiel Sofer: 18th century Amsterdam: Tzvi Sofer 18th century
Joel ben Simeon, also known as Feibush Ashkenazi (died c.1492) was a 15th-century Jewish scribe and illuminator who worked in Germany and Northern Italy. [1] He is best known for the manuscript today known as the Ashkenazi Haggadah .
Ezra (fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) [1] [a] [b] is the main character of the Book of Ezra.According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe and priest in the early Second Temple period.
People walk a historic downtown neighborhood just a few blocks behind the National Palace in the historic Jewish neighborhood where a wave of Jewish migrants arrived in the early 20th century.
Jen Taylor Friedman is a soferet (Jewish ritual scribe). On September 9, 2007, she became the first woman known to have completed a Torah scroll. Taylor Friedman's sefer Torah was commissioned by United Hebrew Congregation, a Reform temple in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] Taylor Friedman was born in Southampton, England, and educated at Oxford. [2]