Sefer Torah Line Sizes

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What are the line sizes for each Yeriah of a Sefer Torah?

I was looking at a store and all the information they gave was only the length of the Yeriah.



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  1. Noach TuchinskyMarch 25, 2020 at 12:21 PM

    Matters which size yeriah... the 48cm is 8mm lines and the 42cm is 7.5mm lines, the 36cm is about the same as a 15cm mezuzah line and the 30cm is about the same as a shel rosh line.

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    1. Michael ArashebnMarch 25, 2020 at 5:05 PM

      Is there any Yeriah size that has lines for 10mm? Or is that not common since it makes the Sefer a lot heavier?

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  2. Noach TuchinskyMarch 26, 2020 at 2:13 PM

    The larger yeriah is 50cm usually only used for sfardi sefer torahs. I dont think it would be 10mm though... and 10mm is a very large ksav, no?

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    1. Michael ArashebnMarch 26, 2020 at 8:47 PM

      Yes it is a large ktav, I use 10 mm as the size i normally write, so I was wondering if there would be such a size.

      Thanks for the information!

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