can you fit 9 yuds?

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Technically speaking we havespace for  a half of yud,  a nun which is one kulmus, a yud is one and the chaf is 2 so we have 4.5 kyudim on the bottom
on top we have a vav 1, a beis which is 2. and mayne another half totaling 3 which gives us a total of 7.5
however if a sofer was to make narrow yuds we might fit

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  1. Y.Y.December 11, 2014 at 9:14 PM

    Are you sure these tfillin are handwritten? I am highly suspicious.

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  2. Michoel GDecember 12, 2014 at 12:03 AM

    It looks to me as enough for a Shiur Parsha. Why are you counting Oisiyos Gedoilos as 2? Isn't a bais 3 x 3 kulmusim?

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  3. Alberto AttiaDecember 12, 2014 at 2:59 AM

    Shanina, Michoel! You just saved someone's parashiot!
    It is amazing how semantics affect one's thought patterns.
    In the normal world, ב = 2
    So, it's easy to read the above post and accept the facts.
    Good catch!

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  4. Rabbi Eli GutnickDecember 12, 2014 at 4:08 AM

    I think it makes it by the skin of its teeth. As a precaution I would pull out the letters at the end of the lines a fraction (without creating shinuy tzurah or kuba zanav issues)

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  5. Yerachmiel AskotzkyDecember 12, 2014 at 5:08 AM

    While I don't have time to measure, the rule of thumb is that we measure the average width of this sofer's Yuds/Vavs (I do this with a caliper) and then see if we can fit in 9 (and a mashehu) into the blank spaces.

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  6. SholomGDecember 12, 2014 at 5:26 AM

    The solution is here.

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  7. Yerachmiel AskotzkyDecember 13, 2014 at 2:04 PM

    kol hakavod!

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  8. Beis HastamDecember 15, 2014 at 5:59 PM

    here is rabbi greenfelds response to me
    אכן יש ט' יו"דין

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