Milkyroad Ketav Ashuri Stam Hebrew Letters Safrut אותיות סת''ם

Stam letters. These are the two major writing styles used in Jewish sacramental practice (Torah scrolls, mezuzahs etc): Ashkenazic and Sephardic. Ashkenazi style is used by the Jews of North and East European origin. Sephardic - by Jews of Spanish, Southern European origin and all the Jewish people from Muslim countries.
Ashkenazic scripts has a Hassidic (Jewish mysticism movement) version - 7 letters differ slightly. In the video I forgot to show one of these letters - Shin. The difference of the Hassidic Shin from the 'standard' Ashkenazic one is that instead of the 'zayin' (left part of the letter) a kind of Waw is written. Similar to the difference in the letters Tet and Ayin.
The 'standard' Ashkenazi script is called 'Bet Yosef' (or 'Bays Yosef') because it was described in detail by r. Yosef Karo (= Beth Yosef).
Sephardic script is traditionally called 'Vellish' in Ashkenazic literature. The word 'Vellish' comes straight from the Teutonic forests and means 'foreign'. The Anglo-Saxons called the Celts with the same word (Welsh) :)
In this video I write on Parchment (aka Vellum or Klaf - in Hebrew).
I use a reed pen (the traditional tool of Sephardic calligraphers - as opposed to the quill used by the Europeans).

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