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 ...
It is a mistake! There is written about a megila that was written shlo csidran, meaning not timewise, but megila starts page no.10,9,8 etc. [as the shlo ksidran in hanachas haparshiyos b'batim shel rosh].
ReplyDeleteit is in Kol yaacov 691:30
ReplyDeleteR' Moshe - Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have a related question. I once heard that we are not required to write Kesidran in Sefer Torah because of practical reasons but that it would be more desirable to try to write it Kesidran. For instance, avoid skipping the Sheimos for writing all together at a later time. Has anyone heard about this and if yes what's the source?
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The Keset 10:13 writes that lechatchila one should write the Shem in order (this is based on the Zohar),however bidieved the keset allows if the Shem was not written in order.
ReplyDeleteIbid:18 concerning the importance of going to Mikveh before writing Shem. The Keset allows one to leave empty spaces and later write them after going to the mikveh, however to do it on the entire Sefer Torah, he writes one should not do it since the ktav will look menumar (spotted).