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Can I have the publics opinion on this "End-Mem"?

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  1. Mordechai Pinchas/Marc MichaelsNovember 22, 2012 at 4:45 PM

    The left side is very square - I don't think this is an issue. It is kasher. You can ask a tinok, but I don't think this is a case of genuine safek.

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  2. Alberto AttiaNovember 22, 2012 at 6:01 PM

    One must show it to a tinok.

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  3. Rabbi Eli GutnickNovember 22, 2012 at 7:35 PM

    I once wrote an article explaining why such a shailo is problematic for a shailos tinuk since the samech in many siddurim today that kids are used to are actually kosher as mem stuma

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    1. Shea LindnerNovember 22, 2012 at 8:52 PM

      That's exactly what I was thinking. I always have a hard time deciding, at what angle does it become problematic. I would be surprised if a Tinok would read this as anything but a Samech, since this is the Samech children are taught. The question is wheather this is technically Halachakly the case as well.

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    2. moshe weinerNovember 23, 2012 at 1:49 AM

      the mem should be asked by a tinok, since it is lechatchila incorrect. the mem should have been square, and a variation although slight, may not be accepted by a tinok.

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