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Picture Mordechai Pinchas Sofer

DIARY OF A SOFER

One does not become a sofer overnight as there is much to learn even before the one puts quill to parchment. From here you can visit all of my 18 diaries and see how my training as a sofer has developed and lots of interesting things that I’ve learnt along the way.  Read them in order or jump to the sections that interest you:

Link to diary 1

How it all began, a visit to a scribe and some odd homework
Link to diary 2

Getting to know the materials and a demented squirrel
Link to diary 3

Amalek - well and truly blotted out!
Link to diary 4

Mikveh magic and the perennial problem of contact lenses
Link to diary 5
Link to diary 7

Dozens of rules and that’s just one letter!
Link to diary 6

The ganze megillah for real

A few decorative flourishes
Link to diary 8

Black bin liners and piles of parchment
LInk to diary 9

Pitfalls and problems, but practice makes perfect

Link to diary 10

Finally finishing the megillah, a celebration in Harlow

Link to diary 12
Link to diary 11

Mitsvot - gotta do 'em all - number 613!
Link to diary 13

But I didn't even get woodwork 'O' level!

I’m in a GCSE textbook - scary eh?
Link to diary 14

The second megillah starts here...
Link to diary 15

Megillah oddities and the boat-pole of Libruth...
Link to diary 16

Wrapping up the megillah...

‘Someones got to do it’ - writing Gittin.
Link to diary 17
link to diary 18

Barbers and scribes
link to diary 19

Spot the difference...
link to diary 20

A scribble of scribes...
link to diary 21

Megillat Hashoah - a tail/tale...
link to diary 22

Megillat Hashoah 2 - large and small and barely there at all...
link to diary 23

Megillat Hashoah 3 - more blotting out!
link to diary 24

Megillat Hashoah 4 - shedding a tear...
link to diary 25

Megillat Hashoah 5 - a broken rainbow...

It’s kinda like a cello...

2 pipers piping... 1 scribe a scribing...

Mordechai Pinchas
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diary 14
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diary 17
diary 18
diary 19
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