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We all know that there is no ancient source that requires ink to be מן המותר בפיך . Possibly, as said here before, because in the olden days ink was always מן המותר בפיך and the question was never raised. It was probably self-evident. Nowadays, no decent Rav will approve an ink which is not מן המותר בפיך . Who was the first one to raise this question? Was it raised because of animal ingredients or because of non-kosher wine?
The forum is back online...for reference and research purposes.
Dear Readers and Members, The forum has been down for over 6 months because the domain name (www.stamforum.com) lapsed and it is no longer available to re purchase. Although this forum is now defunct (it has morphed into several whatsapp groups), I have had many requests to put it back online because it contains so much information (over 1,800 posts and thousands of comments in the discussions, on a wide range of topics related to STa"M). I have therefore put the forum back online at blogger, so the address is www.stamforum.blogspot.com. The forum lasted for a decade...not a bad effort! It was pretty popular back in the days before whatsapp and managed to receive over a million hits in it's short life. It was one of the only organised forums in the STa"M world and definitely the largest in it's heyday. I would like to thank all those who cobtributed over the years, particularly the early members who helped build it up. Thanking you all, Eli
Another great part is that you can sand the tip to make it to your liking and they are supposed to last pretty long.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you are still there but in the Jewish Quarter there is a guy selling Venitian glass mezuzah cases with fake paper mezuzos. Every few months I get them for checking. They are actual photocopies. He must sell a lot because if I get them on a regular basis in Australai, they must go everywhere else.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you could speak with him.
Have done, and he is not interested.
ReplyDeleteHe said that a lot of his customers are not Jewish and they ask for a Mezuzah.
I tried to convince him to sell proper scrolls and he can have a Bochur from the Semicha program or Rami Banin sort it out. He did not want to know.
I did not come across this while I was there. Was only there for one day, but I should go back in a month or so, maybe i will investigate...
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have any experience with writing with one of these? I notice that some major pen manufacturers are starting to mass produce glass dip pens. If they work for corrections it would be a boon since they presumably don't clog like rapidograph pens and also would avoid the shaila of writing with metal.
ReplyDeleteyes, but they have 2 disadvantages. a) they dry out if not constantly being used (which can be very awkward) and b) they can drip (which can be disastrous).
ReplyDeleteYou have to be very comfortable with them before using on real sta"m.
That is true about the dripping part, especially on klaf, but you can easily avoid this problem by dipping a quarter or half of the nib, not the whole part. I have played around with it a little, and done some taggim on klaf, and it works pretty well.
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