I was going to write you a post this week about why there aren’t any vowels in a sefer Torah, but it got all long and complicated and it seems that first we need to do a brief history of the alphabet. So I’m working on that, and in the meantime, here’s a picture of a sheet of Torah reflected in the light of a hanukiah.

The most alert will realise that the fourth night of Hanukah is tomorrow and Shabbat into the bargain. The Soferet doesn’t take photographs of the future, nor on Shabbat, so yes, this is a picture from a previous Torah. Still quite lovely though, and the only difference is that I’m using green oil this year.

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