Tag (Hebrew writing)

3 tagin on the ג.

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}}: תג‎, plural tagin, תגין) is a decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls - Sefer Torah, Megilat Esther (Scroll of Esther), Tefillin and Mezuzot. The letters Beth, Daleth, He, Kheth, Yud and Quf have one tag. The letters Gimel, Zayin, Tet, Nun, Ayin, Tzadi and Shin have 3 tags. In Jewish theology, each tag has special significance and meaning.

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Sofer (scribal) penmanship for ritual STA"M use of Kulmusim quill
Halachic origins in Gemara, the Babylonian Tractate Menachot 29
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Israelian

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Eras	Biblical

Scripts	Rashi Braille Ashuri Cursive Crowning Paleo-Hebrew

Alphabet	Alef Bet Gimel Dalet Hei Vav Zayin Het Tet Yud Kaf Lamed Mem Nun Samech Ayin Pei Tsadi Kuf Reish Shin Taw

Niqqud	Tiberian Babylonian Palestinian Samaritan Shva Hiriq Tzere Segol Patach Kamatz Holam Shuruk Kubutz Dagesh Mappiq Maqqef Rafe Sin/Shin Dot

Spelling	with Niqqud / missing / full Mater lectionis Abbreviations

Punctuation	Diacritics Meteg Cantillation Geresh Gershayim Inverted nun Shekel sign Numerals

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Tag (Hebrew writing)