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A very cheap mezuza, the word uvechol is problematic. I hesitate to accept the beis, the caf, and there is an unexplained [and unnecessary] space between the caf and lamed.
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.
Seems 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.
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?
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 ...
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