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 ...
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ReplyDeleteKeset 28:7.
DeleteYitzchak: I was aware of the kesses (it's 27:7 not 28:7) however there he writes that there should be a window in the case for the shakayso its seen. However, what about todays see through cases where even if the mezuzah has rolled to the side you can still see it clearly because the whole case is see through! Is it really necessary to straighten this out? Furthermore, a non see through case or one that does not have the hole for the shakay as the kesses writes, in particular the common type today that are made of metal , opaque plastic or wood where the mezuzah is inserted from the bottom of the case, it is very hard to guarantee that the mezuzah will not swivel around. But if there is no hole or window or transparent case, and you cannot see the shakay anyway - does it really matter?
DeleteI was actually wondering this exact thing as I was looking it up... More about the see-through cases
DeleteI would guess that since he provides the reason: כדי שיהא נראה מבחוץ that if you are already missing that because the case lacks a window, it doesn't matter which way the mezuzah is facing.
DeleteKeses 27:7, Ram"o Y"D 288:15, see Rishonim referenced there.
ReplyDeleteAlso, see Pischei Teshuva 288 S"K 2.
ReplyDeleteSame as the kesses, more or less
ReplyDeleteI did have some time over tom tov to look in the sefer pischei shearim on mezuzah and it appears that if the case is not see through it would not matter if the shakay rolls to either side or even behind.