Tav or Peh? and what's with the KHAF?
Here is a TAV that has a longer right foot and a shorter left foot than what it should be. As such, it may resemble a Peh Peshutah with an inverted nose. This is why our Hakhamim always impress us to make the right foot a bit shorter than the left.
The above letter must be shown to a Tinok, and the right foot shortened if read like a TAV. If the child reads it like a PEH PESHUTA, then its PESSULA.
As per the KHAF, it looks like a cursive BET. I believe that there is room to be lenient and not invalidate it right off the bat, as the letter appears more like a KHAF in the original smaller Ketav.
Your input is however requested. Should it be shown to a Tinok, and fixed if read properly; or do we say that it has lost its shape and de-facto invalidate it? I'd very much appreciate your response.
Both good shailos however I think the tof will not be judged fairly by a tinok since the head is inverted if it is to be a pay, and a child may therefore not recognize it as such, even though halachah does
ReplyDeleteI would passel the tav. the caf shaylas tinok.
ReplyDeleteagreed
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DeleteWould the Caf pass as a Gimmel?
ReplyDeleteThis Khaf, because of its width, even though it shares some similitude on its bottom right with a Gimmel would never pass for it.
Deletemy first impression was the chaf is a gimel,I am not even sure a tinok would help since it has all the limbs of a gimel if its wide so its a wide gimel
ReplyDeletemy first impression was the chaf is a gimel,I am not even sure a tinok would help since it has all the limbs of a gimel if its wide so its a wide gimel
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rabbi Traube. I'd have asked Rav Friedlander and not have made a decision on my own to ask a tinok.
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