This video shows a sofer writing a sefer Torah. This sofer has a good hand, writes at a nice pace, and can ask a decent price. But one can also tell how the sefer Torah industry has commercialised the process, allowing for better productivity.
Note the following:
1) The sofer is writing on a light table, which means he does not have to worry about planning the spacing and can just trace over the letters. This saves a lot of time. This also minimises mistakes and saves time of repairs.
2) The quill is a plastic kulmos with a repository, which means you need to dip it into the ink every few lines instead of every few letters. Also you do not need to sharpen it and make new quills. Both of these save time.
3) The klaf today is more refined and smooth, easier to write on. Not uneven and rough like the old days. I'm sure lots of "mei klaf" is added. This enhances writing speed and quality of writing.
4) Double sirtut. Again this enhances quality and neatness.
5) The tagin / …
I just Bar-Ilan'd "צף" "קלף" to appear within 20 words of each other in every sefer (including shu''t shevet halevi" and it didnt come up with anything. I also tried several other searches, but didn't succeed.
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see bnei yonah yorah deah siman 271 seif 6
ReplyDeletehttp://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=44655&st=&pgnum=5 (last parentheses in the left column)
see also yerios shlomo (ch. 3 p. 3) who says that it is kosher
i guess that shows how otzar hachachma can be superior to bar ilan :-)
ReplyDeleteZvi, I think you didn't mean "floating" rather protruding, Ie the ink is boilet above the klaf.
ReplyDeleteThis is the Bney Yona quoted by Peretz above.
Readjust the hebrew words in search, instead of צף.
I remember the word צף or one of its variations like יצוף ,לצוף, etc.
ReplyDeleteWhich volume of שבט הלוי deals with questions of STAM?
ReplyDeletetry search דיו קלף
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