Amud 18 - click to enlarge view

Column 18

Here are pictures from columns 16 and 17.   I hope to have this yeria completed by the middle of this week.  I am stretching it out a bit because I am awaiting a shipment of new parchment sometime around then… 

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Shalom, all!

Here are some pictures from today’s writing – there are a few lines left in order to reach today’s quota, but this is the progress thus far.   A friend sent me an interesting question today, asking why the lines of writing, and even some of the constituent strokes of the letters, don’t look perfectly straight in the photos posted.

Under the heat of my drafting lamp and of my arms on the parchment, the parchment wrinkles and warps.  So, in the photos. you are not seeing erratic lines on a flat surface, rather you are seeing straight lines on an erratic surface…

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Columns 12, 13, & 14

Completed column 14 this evening -  The writing had a bit of trouble at the start of this column because my quill underwent some weather-related warping.  After some gentle trimming and coaxing, things came together in the second half of the column.   By this Saturday night, I should be able to complete the writing, tagging, checking, and clean up of this sheet.  Then it is on to page 5!

Please enjoy these photos…
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Today I finished columns 12 & 13.  That takes me halfway through the 4th yeria (page) which I hope to finish after Shabbos.   That places us at a little over 6% completion, page wise.

Here are some more pics of these columns:

Tops of Columns 12 & 13

Bottoms of Columns 12 & 13

As always, please remember that it is your generous support that makes this project possible.  Please help us take this Sefer Torah to completion by sponsoring a day of writing…
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