zayin pasul

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I think the zayin in the word be'chozek is pasul. It is a narrow dalet (tilted a bit), not a zayin.
I would appreciate your opinion/thoughts.

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  1. Alberto AttiaJanuary 25, 2013 at 10:33 AM

    Passul. See Sefekut HaSofer OT Zayin #10

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  2. yisroel levinJanuary 26, 2013 at 10:09 PM

    ask a tinok.

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  3. Rabbi Eli GutnickJanuary 27, 2013 at 1:22 AM

    agreed , shailos tinok

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  4. Aaron ShaffierJanuary 27, 2013 at 10:40 AM

    Why isn't this a classic Shaylat Tinok?

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  5. YitzchakJanuary 28, 2013 at 4:52 AM

    Because the left side of the letter is long enough that it is clearly ain tzurasa aleha

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  6. Aaron ShaffierJanuary 28, 2013 at 8:33 PM

    It doesn't seem clear to me at all. If it was indeed so clear, I don't think this post would be here. This is exactly what shaylat tinok is meant to solve, a vav that may be a reish, a yud that may be a vav etc.

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  7. YitzchakJanuary 31, 2013 at 4:41 PM

    I guess we just moved up one level. A shaylas tinok is meant to resolve a judgement call but now we have a case where two people make different calls on whether or not it's a shaylas tinok. I probably also should have allowed for the fact that the image here is much larger than the actual size of the tefillin.

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    1. moshe weinerFebruary 2, 2013 at 3:06 PM

      I cut the screen size to 50% and to me it looks mamash a little dalet.

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