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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 ...
Someone told me that kuba / zanav does not apply to tefillin parshiyos, only mezuzah!
ReplyDeleteIs this factual?
Although this law is not clearly found in regard to tefilin, there is a psak of a yerushalmi rav [I forgot the name, of his shu"t] 100+ years ago that kal vachomer kuba is pasul in tefilin, and that is the minhag of the rabonim here in Yerushalayim to passel a kuba or zanav in tefilin as well.
ReplyDeleteReb Moshe, is there any way you can try and find the shu"t?
ReplyDeleteשו"ת זית רענן חלק שני לר' משה יהודה לייב זילברברג, אחד מגדולי ירושלים, לפני יותר ממאה וחמישים שנה
ReplyDeleteסימן א - מבאר דפסול קובה הוא אף בתפלין, דחמירי ממזוזה
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I would have inferred that from the BY as well. Thoughts?
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