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its not a problem from the beis, its more of a problem because the regel is so wide, however according to the kesivah tamah you can scratch it down and it would be considered lechatchillah after tikkun
The hei is kosher. You can scratch off some of the right side to make the left regel shorter. (it would be nice to also shorten the ekev of the Beis then add a little ink to the left side of this left regel. It should then be 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 ...
its not a problem from the beis, its more of a problem because the regel is so wide, however according to the kesivah tamah you can scratch it down and it would be considered lechatchillah after tikkun
ReplyDeleteThe hei is kosher. You can scratch off some of the right side to make the left regel shorter. (it would be nice to also shorten the ekev of the Beis then add a little ink to the left side of this left regel. It should then be lechatchila.
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