problem in reish
Is this reish kosher/shaylas tinok/pasul???
How about the Bais of Uleovdo?
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ReplyDeleteNormally the sharp zavios here would turn the reish into a kosher Daled, however since it starts to curves (roundish) before the protruding blita...
ReplyDeleteIt does not give a resemblance of an eikev. Therefore I would think that a tinok could help.(Possibly kosher even without a tinok).
See also SA HaRav 36 ois reish "shelo Tidamah letinok..." {(Seemingly the Rav is more lenient with relying on a tinok in sfekois on reish (on roundish/squarenes shailos) than the Mishnas Sofrim 36, as implied by the lashon on ois reish )}
Lo basi ela lehaeir.
I would cover the pai when asking a tinok, since the other letter [pai] takes away from the tinok's awareness.
ReplyDeleteR' Shammai Gross said it's a shailos tinok.
ReplyDeleteReb Moishe why would you cover the pey?
ReplyDeletesince the pey was there before the reish why cant we leave it uncovered?
I think the pai {may} distracts the correct focus of a tinok on this specific shayla on dalet.
ReplyDeleteThe zavis projecting, is more obvious [and me'maila more accurate havchana of the tinok] when the pai is covered. The pai doesn't present at all any addition to the shayla, only distraction - thats why I think it should be covered.