STaM
STaM is Hebrew acronym for Sefer (a book), Tefillin and Mezuzahs.
The way Jewish culture and religion preserves and transmits during thousands of years the laws and traditions of scribal arts for properly writing Hebrew Bible's texts.
The Five Biblical books named Scrolls are shown in a separate section of the Gallery.
Customized Nameplates
A person receives a name from his parents as an amazing talisman for life. In the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and our Tradition, each name is meaningful and significant. Like the words of the Holy language of the biblical prophets, each name has a numerological dimension called Gematria.
To create these personalized parchments, Avraham Borshevsky creatively uses the wonderful letters of the ancient and modern Hebrew alphabets.
Some of the names are written with a quill and simple black ink, others are painted with a paintbrush and decorated with filigree ornaments and genuine gold. Here are parchments on which is written in Hebrew letters:
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name only
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name with a biblical blessing
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name as part of a biblical verse
The unique texture of each piece of natural parchment emphasizes the uniqueness of the person to whom this work is addressed. This is an unforgettable original gift from Israel, which is presented to dear and excellent people.
1. A name only:
A name ISRAEL handwritten by quill and special ink in a canonic sacred script (witout vowel points exact like in Torah scroll) on a strong goatskin parchment, 4 inches x 5,5 inches:
A name ISRAEL handwritten by quill and special ink in a canonic sacred script (with golden vowel points) on a strong goatskin parchment (4 inches x 5,5 inches) with golden border:
Double name YELENA RIVKAH surrounded with filigree ornament and 16 cutted ladybugs. Ink and 24K gold leaf on calfskin parchment:
2. A name with biblical blessings:
Double name DANIEL TZVI on filigree ornament background, surrounded with traditional Jewish Blessings fot children. Calligraphy ink and 24K gold leaf on calfskin parchment.
3. A name as a part of a biblical verses:
“And God was with JOSEPH, and he became a successful man"
from Genesis 39:2
"JUDAH, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee." Genesis 49:8
A comissioned parchment nameplate for Tal ("tal" means a "dew" in Hebrew) with a Biblical blessing: "May God give you of the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine" Genesis 27:28
A comissioned parchment nameplate for Dan with biblical blessings: “Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse’s heels, so that his rider falleth backward. I have waited for thy salvation, O God!" (Genesis 49:16-18) "And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan" (Deuteronomy 33:22)
A comissioned parchment nameplate for Zion and Devorah with biblical verse: “For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of God from Jerusalem." (From Isaiah 2:3)
A comissioned parchment nameplate for David with biblical verse: “Great deliverance He gives to His king, and shows mercy to His anointed, to David and his descendants forevermore." (Psalms 18:51)
