Interesting Reish

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Here's my mark up of the interesting Reish from 3 posts down:

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  1. moshe weinerJanuary 17, 2014 at 12:38 AM

    Ari, I dont think this measure is accepted. I think this is a shinuy tzuras ha'ois. This reish is actualy lacking a regel.

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  2. AriJanuary 18, 2014 at 9:46 AM

    Interesting, Rav Moshe. Where did the above mark up go wrong?

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  3. Rabbi Eli GutnickJanuary 18, 2014 at 10:35 AM

    The regel of a reish does not need to be completely vertical. The lower vertical part is short - maybe only one kulmus, but the upper, angular part also counts for something.

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  4. moshe weinerJanuary 18, 2014 at 11:28 AM

    I looked at the general tzura of the letter, and to me it looked as a gag without a regel.
    I accept that others may look at the tzura a bit different.

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  5. AriJanuary 18, 2014 at 12:55 PM

    Interestingly, I also had that impression. At first glance the reish gives the image of being essentially just a gag.

    But upon closer inspection I definitely can see horizontal and vertical eivarim. I attribute the original impression to the combination of a very wide upper right angle and a very short regel.

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  6. Yerachmiel AskotzkyFebruary 9, 2014 at 4:24 AM

    I showed Rav Friedlander this enlarged image and he said you make a borei pri adama on it. (He actually said, "It's a banana" and I retorted, "So Rebbi is saying it's an adama?".)

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