Lots of mems like this. The customer is Temani. Is there any tzad to allow fixing?
How about the Bais of Uleovdo?
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Hi Eli,
ReplyDeleteI am afraid there is no remedy for this one as it is lacking a MOSHAV. Any fixing would be considered LO KESIDRAN.
If he goes according to the Rambam in everything, seemingly one could be lenient. According to the Rambam, a letter only has to be legible to be kosher. וגם פשטות דעת הרמב"ם שאין דין "שלא כסדרן" בכלל וכמ"ש מרן הגרי"ז הלוי זצ"ל אבל צ"ע אם למעשה מנהג תימן היה לסמוך על זה כלל
ReplyDeleteThe opinion of all sofrim in our office is -this mem has no shape of mem and will be possul.
ReplyDeleteIt is not "legibly" a Mem: one could have asked if this can pass for a Ches
ReplyDeleteno moshav and a shinui tzura
ReplyDeleteOf course according to our Minhag it would be pasul. I am only suggesting that perhaps the Yemenites would approach the shaylah differently.
ReplyDeleteEven if you wanted to go that route, wouldn't it be a shailas tinok because it looks so much like a ches?
DeleteYes, of course.
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