Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A scribe.
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- noun A Jewish
scribe who can transcribeTorah scrolls and other religious writings.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Bloomenstiel is a "sofer," or expert in the age-old art of transcribing Hebrew calligraphy, a job Jews believe began with Moses, the first scribe to reduce G-d's laws to writing.
Latest Articles 2009
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Youlus, an Orthodox rabbi and sofer, or Torah scribe, told his well-intentioned but gullible marks, among other things, that he had found two such Torah scrolls buried in what he called a "Gestapo body bag" in a Ukrainian mass-grave of murdered Jews.
Menachem Rosensaft: Demanding Accountability In The 'Holocaust Torah Scrolls' Scam Menachem Rosensaft 2012
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Youlus, an Orthodox rabbi and sofer, or Torah scribe, told his well-intentioned but gullible marks, among other things, that he had found two such Torah scrolls buried in what he called a "Gestapo body bag" in a Ukrainian mass-grave of murdered Jews.
Menachem Rosensaft: Demanding Accountability In The 'Holocaust Torah Scrolls' Scam Menachem Rosensaft 2012
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A few years ago, members of BCC worked with a sofer (a scribe) to repair the worn and broken letters of part of the scroll.
Sylvia Sukop: Germany's First Jewish Cantor Since the Holocaust Finds a New Home in Los Angeles 2010
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Her paternal grandfather was Rabbi Joshua Baumol, author of Emek ha-Halakha; her maternal grandfather, Mordecai Kohn, was a sofer (scribe).
Norma Baumel Joseph. 2009
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Dis fuglee sofer iz purdiest den mime. *sob* Butz ai byied a streechie hat fur itz, sew OP wodn leaf!
Ugh. If you didn’t - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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I could only imagine them taking the parchment to a sofer stam and asking him to fix it: It's here ... and here and here and here.
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I could only imagine them taking the parchment to a sofer stam and asking him to fix it: It's here ... and here and here and here.
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The website, along with publications in these two languages, will be inaugurated by the Isreali ambassador Mark sofer at a function at the Hyatt Regency hotel Friday.
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But attending Yeshiva College is not the same as serving as a rabbi, a dayyan, a Jewish Studies principal, and, in the context of avodah zarah, a shochet, a sofer, and a wine producer.
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