Alef
Is the Alef of Acheirim missing the Regel of the Yud Ha'elyonah?Is it allowed to be fixed?
Rabbi Reuvain Mendlowitz clarifies his position on Ksav Chabad (and my final thoughts)
Last week I posted some thoughts in response to a public lecture given by Rabbi Reuvain Mendlowitz regarding Ksav Chabad (the Alter Rebbe's ksav). I felt he did not represent the issue fairly, and since I had received questions about it from a number of people I felt it made sense to write a general response. After I posted my response on this forum, Rabbi Mendlowitz reached out to me by email and we ended up having a respectful and productive email exchange regarding the relevant issues surrounding Ksav Chabad. His position is a lot clearer to me now, and I think he also took certain things on board that I clarified with him. The purpose of the Stam Forum (at least back in it's heyday before all the whats app groups took over) was to connect sofrim from around the world, to promote achdus and build bridges, as well as to offer support and advice. In that spirit, I felt I should write a follow up post, to clarify some of the issues and misconception...
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ReplyDeleteI think this alef is kosher although you might say it is lacking the regel [I didnt forget SA AR 36 alef!] therefore my opinion is it can be fixed (even by scraping away the added ink).
Heshy, thanks for posting this nice shayla!
wouldnt it be better to fix by adding ink since then you have a tziruf?
ReplyDeleteI showed this to R' Shammai Gross this morning. He said it was kosher. (Didn't say anything about fixing -- however I didn't ask since he said it was b'seder.)
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