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Ink, Kosher vs. non-Kosher
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Zvi
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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?
Question to Yosef Chaim B
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Zvi
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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 ...
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ReplyDeleteIt is not a real picture I put that one up so people could get a better idea. I already erased the back by mistake and I don't remember how long it was and what shade it was i was thinking thought that it might be mutar metzad sofek sefekah safek if it was a kosher letter and sofek chak toches and it had a chezkas kasrus of a kosher mezuzah?
ReplyDeletei asked rabbi zirkin in c"h and he paskined that it was kosher because of a teshuvah in tzemach tzetek orach chaim and in yorei deah hosofos that this case is a chok tochos derabanan and metzad soek deranan one may be makil he said that rabbi pikarski from crown heights would paskin in similar cases also like this
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