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Here are the newest videos in our series on the forms of the Hebrew letters, continuing with the form of the second letter of the Aleph-Beis: Beis.
Please see the rest of the post for some neat photos!
The Third Video on the letter Beis will be up tomorrow – please check back then!

The First Word of the CTC Torah - Note the Enlarged and Crowned Beis That Opens the Torah, the Blueprint of Creation

A Badly Written Beis - This Beis, from a very old Torah Scroll, is missing its heel and ornaments. However, the top and bottom back-corners are still well defined enough to qualify it as per its fundamental form. Therefore, the letter is still kosher. Nevertheless, a heel should still be added.

Two Beis From a Beautifully Written Iraqi Megillas Esther (Esther Scroll). Note that the upper back-corners of these letters are rounded - this is accepted by many Sephardic Jews, but Ashkenazim hold that both rear-corners must be clearly defined and sharp.
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