Safrut: Sephardic and Ashkenazic Minhag

Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores the fascinating differences between Sephardic and Ashkenazic safrut, from the distinctive shapes of Hebrew letters to the mezuzot, tefillin, and Torah scrolls they produce. Can you use a Torah scroll, tefillin, or mezuzah written according to a different tradition? Discover the halachic principles behind these important differences.

                                            
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                                        October 21, 2026
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October 14, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Safrut: Sephardic and Ashkenazic Minhag: Safrut: Sephardic and Ashkenazic Minhag

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There are several distinct traditions regarding the correct shapes of the letters in a Torah scroll, a mezuza, and tefillin. Sefardic authorities, Ashkenazi authorities, and Hasidic authorities disagree on this issue.

Can you use a Torah scroll, tefillin, or mezuzah written according to a different tradition?

A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate these sources and explain them

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October 21, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Safrut: Sephardic and Ashkenazic Minhag: Safrut: Sephardic and Ashkenazic Minhag

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Rabbi Dovid Fink

In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.