The Hebrew Name

Other Projects

 Psukim/ Torah Verses

 Verses from the Torah  can be a powerful educational tool in the home. Similarly, quotes from Mishnah, Talmud, or later sefarim have a special effect when written in script.  Confer with Dov for a suggestion.

Ketubot/ Wedding Contracts

Dov  has written many ketubot on parchment that have previously, or subsequently, been illuminated .

Family Trees

Family trees - written in script on parchment - are striking and meaningful, and will serve as an heirloom for generations. 

VISITORS

Besides working as  a sofer, Rabbi Laimon has taught for years at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies, and Yakar - a Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, both in Jerusalem.  He also  teaches private students and groups in his home.

Rabbi Laimon's extensive experience in the world of classical Jewish texts, complemented by an up-to-date interest in American/European scholarly and popular cultures puts  him in a unique and successful position for meeting and connecting with students of all backgrounds.

Tourists and local Jerusalemites are welcome to arrange a single session or a course; to see the sofer at work; to have a lesson learning how to write with a quill on parchment; and to  have a taste of the depth of how Jewish tradition  understands what letters are really all about.

 A visit with Dov may just give your trip to Israel the element of depth it needs, for you and your family.

No previous knowledge necessary; you don't even need to have neat handwriting! 

Dov has an eager willingness to share this beautiful and meaningful part of our common Jewish heritage with all  his visitors.

Who We Are

Rabbi Dov Laimon is a sofer stam  (scribe) and teacher, who has lived and worked in Jerusalem for 25 years.  He studied at various yeshivot and kollelim (advanced study seminars)  in Jerusalem, and received smicha from the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, (HaRav Yitzchak Kolitz z"l) and the Bostoner Rebbe (HaRav Levi Yitzchak Horowitz shlita.)   He has been a devoted student of the Hornisteipler Rebbe in Jerusalem and a committed 'talmid/chaver' of Rabbi Daniel Landes, Rosh Yeshiva of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies,  for over twenty years. 

Dov has studied under some of the legendary Jerusalem sofrim - Rabbi Shalom Levine, Rabbi Baruch Gartner, and the master teacher HaRav Aharon Dov Segal.

Dov's primary pursuits in learning are in the realms of Halacha, Chassidut and Kabbala. Favorite teachers include: R. Moshe Cordevero, Shlah, Maharal, Shefa Tal, Reishis Chochma, Ramchal, HaAdmor HaZaken,  Divrei Chaim , Or HaMeir and Sfas Emes.

Dov is the father of three children - Talya, Yosef Yehudah, and Sarah Zohar.