History of Jewish Publishing: Who invented Rashi script, and why does it matter?

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February 07 2011
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44min 35s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
STAM 
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Rashi 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner History of Jewish Publishing

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Discussion of the evolution of cursive Hebrew alphabets, and their use to indicate that certain texts were of lesser sanctity. Includes discussion of writing sifrei kodesh and gittin in cursive fonts.

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