Lots of mems like this. The customer is Temani. Is there any tzad to allow fixing?

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  1. Alberto AttiaDecember 15, 2014 at 1:05 PM

    Hi Eli,
    I am afraid there is no remedy for this one as it is lacking a MOSHAV. Any fixing would be considered LO KESIDRAN.

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  2. YankevDecember 15, 2014 at 2:02 PM

    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

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  3. Beis HastamDecember 15, 2014 at 3:29 PM

    The opinion of all sofrim in our office is -this mem has no shape of mem and will be possul.

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  4. AharonDecember 15, 2014 at 3:45 PM

    It is not "legibly" a Mem: one could have asked if this can pass for a Ches

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  5. Yerachmiel AskotzkyDecember 16, 2014 at 4:33 AM

    no moshav and a shinui tzura

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  6. YankevDecember 16, 2014 at 10:14 AM

    Of course according to our Minhag it would be pasul. I am only suggesting that perhaps the Yemenites would approach the shaylah differently.

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    1. YitzchakDecember 18, 2014 at 3:13 PM

      Even if you wanted to go that route, wouldn't it be a shailas tinok because it looks so much like a ches?

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    2. YankevDecember 23, 2014 at 1:57 PM

      Yes, of course.

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