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Gevil or
gewil (Hebrew: גויל) or (Hebrew: גוויל) is a type of
parchment made from full-grain
animal hide that has been
prepared as a
writing material...
- one of
three Talmudic names for
animal skin. The
other two are klaf and
gevil. The
meanings of
these terms, however, are the
subject of
controversy in...
-
pasul ("invalid").
According to the Talmud, all
scrolls must be
written on
gevil parchment that is
treated with salt,
flour and m'afatsim (a
residue of wasp...
- (plural:
Sifrei Torah) is a copy of the
formal Hebrew text
handwritten on
gevil or klaf (forms of parchment) by
using a
quill (or
other permitted writing...
- as
having written the
first Torah Scroll on the
unsplit cow-hide
called gevil.
Parchment is
still the only
medium used by
traditional religious Jews for...
- hide can
consist of:
Gevil (גוויל), the full, un-split hide; Klaf (קלף), the outer,
hairy layer; or
Duchsustus (דוכסוסטוס) Only
gevil and klaf can be used...
- cattle, or deer.
Rabbinic literature addresses three forms of
tanned skin:
gevil,
consisting of the full,
unsplit hide; and klaf and duchsustus,
which are...
- 200 year old
gevil Yemenite Torah scroll housed at the
Rambam Synagogue in
Nahalat Ahim, Jerusalem....
- as
having been
spread by the
tanner for
people to sit upon.
Duchsustus Gevil Klaf
Mezuzah Sefer Torah Tefillin David Gonzalo Maeso Skin and
leather in...
