Inverted Nuns of Bechukosai

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Last Thursday, Rabbi Frand spoke about the inverted Nuns of Parshat Behalotcha in his popular weekly shiur.

This is a very important topic for all sofrim and I got his permission to put up his shiur in my blog for one week (you must pay to get his weekly shiurim so this was a very big favour).

I will eventually put everything he said in writing so I can keep it available but I would not miss this chance to hear a Safrut shiur from one of the very best orators out there.

The link http://lavlor.blogspot.be/2012/06/inverted-nuns.html

Comments

  1. aaaJune 12, 2012 at 12:00 AM

    see minchas yitzchok 2 - 15

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  2. Beis HastamJune 12, 2012 at 2:26 PM

    In my torah its in behaloscha

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  3. Mordechai Pinchas/Marc MichaelsJune 12, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    Thanks for the access to the shiur YK. Much appreciated. To add my little knowledge on the subject - and more examples of the nun hafucha in the words as opposed to as simanim you may be interested in my book on the subject Sefer Binsoa on lulu. http://www.lulu.com/shop/marc-michaels/sefer-binsoa/paperback/product-15545062.html or http://www.lulu.com/shop/marc-michaels/sefer-binsoa/ebook/product-17439554.html largely written for the layman but may be of interest.

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