Were you looking for the only place you could find a Spanish & Portuguese style mezuzah written by a woman? This would be it.
Image is a watermarked 12 cm mezuzah parchment in the Spanish & Portuguese style of ritual calligraphy.
How it Came to Be:
You might think that a mezuzah parchment,* being small, would be the easiest of all of the ritual scribal objects. You would be wrong. The technical aspects and rules pertaining to the mezuzah make it actually quite difficult to write.
The first mezuzah size we will be offering is the largest size typically available - twelve centimeters (approximately five inches) tall. Since Terri thinks S&P ktab** is much fancier than Ashkenazi, we will not be offering a "mehudar" or "fancier calligraphy" option
The text on each parchment is scribed by hand by Ariela, and as such will differ slightly from the image. It may take up to 6 weeks for your mezuzah order to ship, depending on the volume of demand at the time. You may notice that the parchment in the image contains faint gray spots. Not every parchment will look like that, as not every parchment comes from a spotted cow.
Important Note: Ariela adheres to strict halachic*** standards when writing her mezuzot. However, not everyone accepts women as kosher scribes, and anyone who does not will not accept this scroll as kosher. If purchasing the scroll as a gift, please be certain to ascertain that the recipient accepts women as scribes.****
*That would be the bit that goes inside the fancy case you were given as a housewarming present.
**Style of calligraphy for ritual objects
***Jewish legal
****Information on women scribes courtesy of Hasoferet