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[hatam_soferet]

Poll #1644 What's next?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 15

There's only another week-and-a-half of Quill Month. I seem to be in a period where I can write about things easily, which I like very much. So, what shall I write about next?

Halakha of women and Torah writing (the last substantial stuff I wrote about this is from a non-representational-of-me orthodox perspective)
7 (46.7%)

Niddah and other types of ritual impurity, how they affect Torah writing
13 (86.7%)

Layout rules - columns, paragraph breaks and the like
6 (40.0%)

Following on logically from quills - letter formation
5 (33.3%)

Experiential aspects of writing Torahs
6 (40.0%)

Proofreading and corrections
6 (40.0%)

Different styles of alphabet
10 (66.7%)

Something else which I will explain in a comment
0 (0.0%)

The following topics aren't on the menu because I don't have time just now to do the requisite extensive studying: Big and Small Letters and Dots; Women Scribes In History; Variant Manuscripts of Torah; and anything involving academic palaeography. Is that terribly disappointing?

Yes, I am devastated
0 (0.0%)

It would be nice but I get that you're not made of free time
9 (64.3%)

I am supremely indifferent
2 (14.3%)

I would like to hear about the dots and things but I don't care about the others much
3 (21.4%)

All this Torah stuff is a bit much, can you post more about puppies?
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[debka_notion]

I think there are enough fascinating things that you can write about easily that I'm not sad about missing the things that would take serious research. Also, I like hearing you write about things that are significant and natural things that you're thinking about and have experience with. Also, I have enough variant manuscripts in Talmud class to feel like I don't really need or want any more of them right now... *grins*

[hatam_soferet]

Ooh ooh please post about variant manuscripts?

[debka_notion]

I'll try, especially once I feel like I have anything interesting to say on the topic. Thanks for the motivation and encouragement.

[kerrypolka]

Seconding the request for posting about variant manuscripts! :D

[debka_notion]

Err- that was a request not to post about variant manuscripts, from my side... Sorry if it was unclear.

[kerrypolka]

Sorry, I wasn't clear either! I was seconding Jen's request for you to post about variant manuscripts, but obviously there's no pressure!

[debka_notion]

Aha. I'll work on it, but it's unlikely to happen in any really interesting way right away. It's a good motivation to start thinking about it more conceptually though- thank you.