MEM looks like PEY Afuha

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  1. moshe weinerDecember 28, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    shaylas tinok

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  2. Rabbi Eli GutnickDecember 29, 2013 at 12:49 AM

    I've been given tshuvos in the past that such a tziyor is fixable so long as the churtem is above the moshav of the chof

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  3. Rabbi Eli GutnickDecember 29, 2013 at 12:52 AM

    I've been given tshuvos in the past that such a tziyor is fixable so long as the churtem is above the moshav of the chof

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    1. UnknownDecember 29, 2013 at 4:10 AM

      R. Eli where did u write about it? Can u send a link?

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    2. Rabbi Eli GutnickDecember 30, 2013 at 6:41 AM

      I've been given answers in the past that a chof and long vov is ok as a mem provided the connection is up on the top and not low down. But it's probably not a bad idea to ask a shailo anyway since no doubt each case is unique

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    3. Rabbi Eli GutnickDecember 30, 2013 at 6:42 AM

      I've been given answers in the past that a chof and long vov is ok as a mem provided the connection is up on the top and not low down. But it's probably not a bad idea to ask a shailo anyway since no doubt each case is unique

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  4. AharonDecember 29, 2013 at 10:12 AM

    I vote Pasul: It's an interesting design but it's not a Mem. More like a kind of Tzadi Sofit.

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  5. Yerachmiel AskotzkyDecember 29, 2013 at 11:09 AM

    Shailos chacham. I wouldn't fix or ask a tinok without first asking a shaila.

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