Sofrus Mitzvah Badge

List of requirements

Step 1

1. Recite Torah tzivah from the “12 Pesukim”, and explain what this posuk teaches us.
2. Explain the differences between a Sefer Torah, Mezuzah and Tefillin in the following areas:

   1. their level of Kedusha (holiness);
   2. when must they be checked;
   3. When, how, and by whom they are used.
3. Do the following:

   1. Explain the two signs that make an animal kosher;
   2. Describe two animals that only have one of those signs;
   3. Name four (4) animals that can be used in making a Sefer Torah.
4. Name the materials required in writing a kosher Sefer Torah.
5. Describe the qualities a Sofer must have in order to write.
6. Tell or write a story about the checking of Mezuzos or Tefillin.
7. Find a place in the prayers where it mentions the mitzvah of writing Tefillin and Mezuzos.
8. Get a friend to buy a letter in the “Children’s Sefer Torah”
   
   

Step Two

1. List at least four (4) things that are required to make a Sefer Torah l’shmah (with intention).
2. Demonstrate how a Mezuzah is placed and do the following:

   1. Recite by heart the Brocho (without Hashem’s name);
   2. Show on a doorpost how it is placed and why.
3. Describe at least three (3) types of rooms or doorways that do not require a Mezuzah.
4. Find two different types of mistakes on the Mezuzahs in the”Skill Sheet”.
5. Mark the places where the Mezuzah goes on the “doors” in the “Skill Sheet”.
6. Explain why the Torah begins with the letter Beis.
   Do the following:

   1. Draw with a pen or pencil the Hebrew letters of your first name in Ksav Ashuris;
   2. Tell the Halachos of when you may or may not use Ksav Ashuris.
      
      

Step Three

1. Explain the advantage of using klaf and diyo over other writing materials.
2. Describe the process of manufacturing a Torah in the following areas:

   1. the steps in preparing klaf;
   2. the ingredients which we make the ink used for diyo;
   3. the things a Sofer must do in preparation to write.
3. Demonstrate how a kulmus is made.
4. Write with a kulmus the letters Beis and Hei and your first name in Ksav Ashuris.
5. Show two differences between the Arizal and Beis Yosef styles of writing.
6. Tell two halachos which are related to k'sidram (requirement of being written in order).
7. Explain the meaning of chok tochos (writing through erasing)
8. Teach a friend how to use a kulmus and write his own first name in Ksav Ashuris.