How does one write a Torah Scroll?

2015-10-29 12:39 am
Basically, I have decided to commission myself to write a Torah scroll, but I have never done this before -- I am no Jewish, but this will also help me learn Hebrew...
After doing some Research I have determined that one must use the Skin of a Kosher animal(I will be using Parchment made from Whitetail-Deer hide[that I am currently making myself] for the first two or three pages[I haven t decided on a page size yet,]) and as such, strikes up my current question that I have: "Can mix different types of parchment?"
I can only acquire deer hide as long as the hunting season is open, and as such, I would ideally like to purchase some other types of Parchment as I can find, mainly, and mostelikely(most-likely) only Cow Parchment; it wouldn t be like: "Deer here, some Vellum there, Cow there, etc.... "
To me, it seems like it is okay to mix skins, so long as they are all kosher, so Deer falling into the Gazelle Family(My point of View Gazelles are a type of Deer,) and having Split-Hooves, whilst chewing Cud, and all...
For the Pens, I am planning on using an Arabic Calligraphy Pen that I made from Bamboo, but I may make a Quill-Pen later...
I am using Iron Gall ink(I simply crushed some Gall-Nuts, covered them with water, boiled them for a few minutes, then poured the contents into a separate container, then put in a nail, a bolt, and a Screw[what I found laying on the ground... ])
I am currently practicing Assyrian font -- how would one mark lines in parchment?
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I am Christian, so different, but it is disrespectful for one to practice a custom in another religion, and not try to be as perfect as possible... This is a personal thing -- I have a friend who knows a Rabbi, perhaps he would know more...

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2015-10-29 3:55 pm
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The process and technique of writing a Torah scroll is a very precise one that is taught directly by teacher to student in an apprenticeship relationship.

It includes not just caligraphic technique, not just technique to train for accuracy, but also a substantial amount of Jewish religious learning.

One of the requirements for writing a genuine Torah scroll is that the writer be a religiuosly observant Jew.

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If you just want to do a caligraphy project as a way of practicing Hebrew and self-development --
please don't do things that will make it look as if you are creating a real Torah scroll.
Depending on specific circumstances, the miscommunication thereby caused may rise even to the level of Criminal Fraud under US law.

Just get a nice caligraphy pen, some good ink, and some acid free paper to work on.
(sorry - just reread your question more fully -- obviously if you have genuine parchment etc, enjoy)
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Maybe make a codex (book form) and do elaborations and decorations to go with the stories...

To address one of your detail questions --
a genuine Torah would be made from skins of the same type of animal -- all cow, or all deer, etc.
also -- these skins would be split in a particular manner and there are rules regarding which side to write on.
參考: I am a child of a family of Jewish scribes
2015-10-29 12:50 am
Torah scrolls are made with many sheets of parchment that are sewn together. That is not a problem.

There is a problem with some of the other things you have written. Any error, missing or misshapen letter, invalidates the entire scroll. If you are just learning Hebrew it will be difficult for you to produce the 304,805 letters without error.

Finally, of course, for a Torah Scroll to be valid it must be written by a specially trained pious scribe called a "sofer". A sofer must know more than 4,000 Judaic laws before producing a scroll. You are not even Jewish.
2015-10-29 12:44 am
From right to left.

Glad I could help.
2015-10-29 12:42 am
If you are "no Jewish" (what an interesting use of grammar), why do you feel the need to write it on parchment? Why not just regular paper? (You can still learn the Hebrew alphabet that way.)
2015-10-29 12:45 am
You dont use animals hides, you use Papyrus paper. LOL
2015-10-29 1:37 am
To produce a Torah scroll, you have to be a Sofer -- a rabbic student who is fully conversant in Hebrew and the arts involved in writing the Torah.

I heard a Sofer lecture once, and he explained how the process works.

You use a certain type of parchment prepared in a certain manner; you use ink prepared in a certain manner; you make your own quills; if you make a mistake, the entire scroll is damaged, and you need to start over.

Because each scroll has to be perfect, it is arduous and time-consuming. To say it takes "a long time" to produce a scroll would be an understatement.
2015-10-29 1:00 am
I think you have a better quality scroll if you stayed with the same parchment throughout. But scrolls do exists that aren't the same throughout either do to hard times, or lack of resources.
Don't mark lines on the parchment. Secure a straightedge a crossed your page with weights or tabs on your writing deck. Then be good enough at your style of writing so that you can write straight just above the straightedge. (You could do the same thing with a string)


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