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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...
The Beis seems kosher to me. It certainly isnt a Chof or other letter. it has the basic elements of a Beis. The Chof is certainly a bit narrow on the top, but it looks like he makes all of chofs and beises a bit narrow in this ksav. It doesnt look like a nun because the top is wider than the bottom.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me you could extend the bottom and top of the chof a bit and solve the problem of the space, while making the chof lechatchila.
Beis if kosher
ReplyDeleteChof is shailos tinnok
Spacing is also ok (lifi what I've seen by R' Shammai in the past -- he's pretty makil in this relatively speaking.) Perhaps to make the chof longer