Yeshivish glossary term
sofer
סופר
Meaning
- scribe trained to write sacred Jewish scrolls
- Torah scribe
Usage and context
A sofer writes or repairs items such as Sifrei Torah, tefillin, and mezuzos.
- Category
- sofrus
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
Take the tefillin to a sofer.
Plain-English example
Take the tefillin to a qualified sacred scribe.