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In honour of its being Adar, I give you Dog Torah.
I have a puppy.
Parts of her are tan-coloured like parchment, and parts of her are black and shiny like Torah ink.
She likes to squirm around on the couch.
I am a sofer stam.
Now read on...
I think this is probably meant to be an aleph. Everyone's first aleph is a bit dodgy.
This is a much better aleph.
Unless she meant it as a mem.
It's not a proper closed mem unless you actually bite your tail, but we'll let it pass this time bedeavad.
She might have meant it as a samekh, as well, and just forgot to tuck the ear in. These are the small details that make the difference, you see, but if she tucks the ear in next time and gets a good hold on that tail, it'll be a very nice samekh.
This is a pretty good yud. It even has the kotz of Rabeinu Tam. Well done, pup!
Straight peh - not easy if you're a dog. A very nice try. The head shouldn't touch the body, is the thing, so this one's invalid, but on the plus side, the front paws are very nicely out of the way, and the back paws are beautifully pointed.
I think this is probably intended as nun, although properly speaking nun has three tagin, not two,and it shouldn't kick up on the end like that.
Now, this is a surprisingly successful gimel. Three tagin, a head extending from each side, a good substantial foot well-joined to the body, and a body that extends a little down past the foot. Okay, it's bent off to the side, but tails are like that, you can't make them behave.
This has right-angles on both top and bottom right-hand corners, which makes it technically a beit.
I think she may have intended it as a khaf, though khaf can't have sharp corners like that. Beginners often suffer with this kind of khaf/beit ambiguity; you need to learn both halakha and calligraphy skills before you'll get it right reliably.
Unless she meant it as a peh. The curly part should be bigger, though, and the Mishnah Berurah would say she should have a smoother curve on the back.
This would be a pretty nice reish, if she'd tucked that front paw in.
This has a distinct corner on the back, which means it's dalet, not reish. That bent head on the left brings it perilously close to being a het - she could improve this just by bending her head up a little, nothing drastic.
A brave try at lamed. Lamed's neck ought to be longer really, but this is a dog, not a giraffe.
I think this is intended as a final nun, but it's one that's gone rather wavy. It does have nice crisp edges, and a couple of very assertive tagin.
A very nice Arizal het, only lacking the left-hand point. She seems to have gone for a whole word this time - חי - that yud is rather dicey, not as good as the yud we saw earlier, but it's very nice spacing, and she can fix the yud by twitching her ear back.
Well done, dog!
I have a puppy. Parts of her are tan-coloured like parchment, and parts of her are black and shiny like Torah ink.
She likes to squirm around on the couch.
I am a sofer stam.
Now read on...
I think this is probably meant to be an aleph. Everyone's first aleph is a bit dodgy.This is a much better aleph.Unless she meant it as a mem.It's not a proper closed mem unless you actually bite your tail, but we'll let it pass this time bedeavad.She might have meant it as a samekh, as well, and just forgot to tuck the ear in. These are the small details that make the difference, you see, but if she tucks the ear in next time and gets a good hold on that tail, it'll be a very nice samekh.This is a pretty good yud. It even has the kotz of Rabeinu Tam. Well done, pup!Straight peh - not easy if you're a dog. A very nice try. The head shouldn't touch the body, is the thing, so this one's invalid, but on the plus side, the front paws are very nicely out of the way, and the back paws are beautifully pointed.I think this is probably intended as nun, although properly speaking nun has three tagin, not two,and it shouldn't kick up on the end like that.Now, this is a surprisingly successful gimel. Three tagin, a head extending from each side, a good substantial foot well-joined to the body, and a body that extends a little down past the foot. Okay, it's bent off to the side, but tails are like that, you can't make them behave.This has right-angles on both top and bottom right-hand corners, which makes it technically a beit.I think she may have intended it as a khaf, though khaf can't have sharp corners like that. Beginners often suffer with this kind of khaf/beit ambiguity; you need to learn both halakha and calligraphy skills before you'll get it right reliably.Unless she meant it as a peh. The curly part should be bigger, though, and the Mishnah Berurah would say she should have a smoother curve on the back.This would be a pretty nice reish, if she'd tucked that front paw in.This has a distinct corner on the back, which means it's dalet, not reish. That bent head on the left brings it perilously close to being a het - she could improve this just by bending her head up a little, nothing drastic.A brave try at lamed. Lamed's neck ought to be longer really, but this is a dog, not a giraffe.I think this is intended as a final nun, but it's one that's gone rather wavy. It does have nice crisp edges, and a couple of very assertive tagin.A very nice Arizal het, only lacking the left-hand point. She seems to have gone for a whole word this time - חי - that yud is rather dicey, not as good as the yud we saw earlier, but it's very nice spacing, and she can fix the yud by twitching her ear back.Well done, dog!
For the impaired of humour: no, I do not think that my dog is actually capable of producing valid Torah letters.
She is, after all, female.
She is, after all, female.
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