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The title isn't serious, I've never heard a rabbi say that.. I'm wondering if writing Hebrew vertically would effect the power of certain verses, I'm talking about the 72 Names of God which originate from verses in the Torah. This is just an example. You see, I'm doing a project kinda thing and it may involve writing Hebrew vertically, although I'm not sure how kosher this is.
I've also looked into different scripts, the worst being Rashi!!!! eeew.
OKay, this is kinda.. for a tattoo.
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I've started to read about this so-called Arabic Torah, how exciting. I might convert the 72 names into Arabic...
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Some seguloth show the various names of God written vertically. The "Arabic" Torah you've read about, if I am not mistaken, is the translation penned by Saadia Gaon, called the Tasfir. It's nothing really special. It's simply a rendering of the Hebrew text into (what was then the) common vernacular.
Some seguloth show the various names of God written vertically. The "Arabic" Torah you've read about, if I am not mistaken, is the translation penned by Saadia Gaon, called the Tasfir. It's nothing really special. It's simply a rendering of the Hebrew text into (what was then the) common vernacular.
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Just to support what Doc said: I have also seen any number of segulot or even inscribed mezuzot where a Divine Name is spelt out vertically rather than horizontally. Of course, traditional Judaism prohibits permanent tattoos, so I expect it probably matters a bit less how the Hebrew of a tattoo is arranged.
I do agree with you, though, that Rashi script is particularly hellacious. I have never understood why being the foremost of commentators entitles one's bad handwriting to be memorialized forever.
As regards Saadia's Arabic translation of the Torah, I have been told that it is lovely and elegant, and still in use in many Arabic-speaking Jewish populations. It is good to remember, however, that though Saadia was (apparently) on the whole a more faithful translator than, say, the Greek Septuagint, or Aramaic's Onkelos, there are still nuances that are significantly altered in translation from the Hebrew. This I have on the word of my friend who is bilingual in Hebrew and Arabic-- myself, though I think Arabic a lovely language, I find their written script the most indecipherable in the Western World. Even worse than Rashi.
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Just to support what Doc said: I have also seen any number of segulot or even inscribed mezuzot where a Divine Name is spelt out vertically rather than horizontally. Of course, traditional Judaism prohibits permanent tattoos, so I expect it probably matters a bit less how the Hebrew of a tattoo is arranged.
I do agree with you, though, that Rashi script is particularly hellacious. I have never understood why being the foremost of commentators entitles one's bad handwriting to be memorialized forever.
As regards Saadia's Arabic translation of the Torah, I have been told that it is lovely and elegant, and still in use in many Arabic-speaking Jewish populations. It is good to remember, however, that though Saadia was (apparently) on the whole a more faithful translator than, say, the Greek Septuagint, or Aramaic's Onkelos, there are still nuances that are significantly altered in translation from the Hebrew. This I have on the word of my friend who is bilingual in Hebrew and Arabic-- myself, though I think Arabic a lovely language, I find their written script the most indecipherable in the Western World. Even worse than Rashi.
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Original post: DocHolliday
The Yemeni community still reads from the Tasfir. They are also available for purchase. If I could read Arabic, I'd get a copy.
Speaking of Rashi script, all the comments of Samuel David Luzatto in my copy of the Italo-Roman liturgy (printed in 1853) are in Rashi
The Yemeni community still reads from the Tasfir. They are also available for purchase. If I could read Arabic, I'd get a copy.
Speaking of Rashi script, all the comments of Samuel David Luzatto in my copy of the Italo-Roman liturgy (printed in 1853) are in Rashi