A Sofer, Sopher, Sofer SeTaM, or Sofer ST"M (Heb: "scribe", ) is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls, tefillin and mezuzot, and other religious writings. (ST"M, , is an abbreviation for Sefer Torahs, Tefillin, and Mezuzot. The plural of sofer is "soferim", .)