sefer

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/ˈsɛfɛɹ//ˈseɪfɛɹ/

noun

A book, especially a religious book.

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Meanings

nounsefer (plural sefarim)

plural sefarim

  1. JewishA book, especially a religious book.

    Since R' Shlomo Wolbe spent more years speaking Hebrew than did Josh and wrote several sepharim in that language, I take it for granted he didn't make a grevious^([sic]) grammatical error.

    2009 July 22, Micha Berger, “Netanyahu bows down”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)
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    Umm, can you tell me the name of the sefer of Rav Nachman's where he wrote this, and where I can get it ? And how the quote originally goes in Hebrew or Yiddish or Russian or whatever language he wrote in ?

    2005 July 22, in...@rambam.biz, “Moshe's new sig”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

    and I'm not referring to Rabbi Sally or Rabbi Suzy from the non-O clergy, or for that matter Rabbi Murray or Rabbi Irving from the O clergy, or even from some naarishkeit written from Aish haTorah or Artscroll; but to a recognized Posek who has authored "sefarim"

    2006 April 27, bac...@vms.huji.ac.il, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Akkadian𒅆𒅁𒀸 (šiprum)bor.?
  2. Hebrewסֵפֶר
  3. Englishsefer

Borrowed from Hebrew סֵפֶר.

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APA

sefer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sefer

MLA

“sefer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sefer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sefer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sefer.

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