My name is Lee and I am a graduate student at the University of Washington in the Library and Information School. I am doing a research project on a Sefer Torah that has been attributed to Yemeni Jews from the 19th century. I have read through Reuben Ahroni's "Yemenite Jewry", Yehuda Nini's "The Jews of the Yemen, 1800-1914" and Yosef Tobi's "The Jews of Yemen: Studies in their history and culture", but I am still finding it difficult to find more information on the Sefer Torah's and soferic customs of Yemenite Jews. Is anyone aware of any resources that might shed some light on the scribal practices of this community? I am particularly interested in the differences between the Sefer Torah's of the Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Mizrahi communities and where the Yemenite community would fall. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your time.
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