Torah scrolls are hand-copied meticulously by scribes
In an extraordinary tradition spanning millennia, expert scribes meticulously hand-copy every letter of sacred Torah scrolls, preserving Judaism's foundational text with unwavering precision and reverence.
Torah scrolls, the central texts of Judaism, are still meticulously hand-copied by specially trained scribes called soferim. This ancient practice ensures each of the 304,805 letters is perfect, written on kosher parchment with quill and special ink, taking up to two years per scroll.
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