Avraham's Tent

Letters of the Alef-Beit

Forms of the Letters as written in the Torah scroll, Tefilin & Mezuzah (27 classes)

Aleph

Beit

Gimmel

Dalet

Heh

Vav

Zayin

Chet

Tet

Yod

Kaf (kefufah, "bent over" as in beginning or middle of word)

Kaf (peshutah, "straightened out" as at the end of a word)

Lamed

Mem (petuhah, "open" as in beginning or middle of word)

Mem (s'tumah, "closed" as at the end of a word)

Nun (kefufah, "bent over" as in beginning or middle of word)

Nun petuhah, "straightened out", "end" Nun as at the end of a word)

Samech

Ayin

Peh (kefufah, "bent over", as in beginning or middle of word)

Peh (p'shutah, "straightened", as at end of word)

Tzadi (kefufah, "bent over", as in beginning or middle of word

Tzadi (p'shutah, "straightened, as at end of word)

Kuf

Reish

Shin

Tav

Study Aid: Hebrew Alphabet used in writing Torah Scroll, Tefilin and Mezuzot by Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Berger
Mishnat Sofrim (by Chofetz Chaim, translated by Rabbi Jona Vogel) on the laws of the forms of the Hebrew letters