A new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) being handwritten with a quill and ink on gevil parchment by a scribe. Stamford Hill.

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A new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) being handwritten with a quill and ink on gevil parchment by a scribe for an Ashkenazi synagogue in Stamford Hill. A Sefer Torah contains 304,805 letters and can take over a year to produce.

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Size: 4724px × 3149px
Location: London, England, UK
Photo credit: © Andrew Aitchison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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