Thank you for commenting on my ink article. In your comment you stated: "Many poskim disagree... Many rishonim have clearly stated the use of our ingredients." Would you please be kind enough to teach us (so I can include it in the article) which Poskim and what exactly and where did they say that the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink is preferable over good quality דיו עשן that does not fail? We are not interested in biased פילפולים , or in those who said that דיו עשן is not being used because it fails easily or because it was not known how to make good quality דיו עשן. Nor are we interested in those who said to use עפצים וקנקנתום וגומא ואין לשנות when they discussed specifically the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink. We are interested to find out where and who (if any) said explicitly, based on sources, that the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink is preferable over good quality דיו עשן , even when there is דיו עשן of good quality that does not ...
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ReplyDeleteIt looks that this ink is 100% waterproof, according to the Rambam, it seems that it is best that the dio can dissolve in water. The S A Harav and MB quote this opinion lechatchila. Is it enough that the dio is erasable by scratching even though not waterproof according to this opinion?
ReplyDeletel'maase nobody today makes ink according to the rambam that can desolve in water, so even le'chatchila nobody is concerned.
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