Annopol-Rachów, 1912. Dovid Elye the sofer (ritual scribe) at work with a quill on a Torah scroll.

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Annopol-Rachów, 1912. Dovid Elye the sofer (ritual scribe) at work with a quill on a Torah scroll.
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Annopol-Rachów, 1912. Dovid Elye the sofer (ritual scribe) at work with a quill on a Torah scroll. As sofer he also was called upon to write tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzot (plural of mezuzah, a small scroll of parchment containing selected biblical verses, placed on a doorpost), amulets, and ketubot (marriage contracts).

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