Ktav Stam
Jewish traditional writing used for Torah scrolls, Tefillin, Mezuzot and the Five Megillot / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ktav Stam (Hebrew: כְּתַב־סְתָ״ם) is the specific Jewish traditional writing with which holy scrolls (Sifrei Kodesh), tefillin and mezuzot are written. Stam is a Hebrew acronym denoting these writings, as indicated by the gershayim (״) punctuation mark. One who writes such articles is called a sofer stam. The writing is done by means of a feather and ink (known as D'yo) onto special parchment called klaf. There exist two primary traditions in respect to the formation of the letters, Ktav HaAshkenazi and Ktav HaSefardi, however the differences between them are slight.
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