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 ...
Interesting. And the ksav too
ReplyDeleteיש עוד דבר מעניין - באלפי"ן היודי"ן העליונים הפוכות
ReplyDeleteאפשר לראות חלקים נוספים מהמגילה בכתובת הנמצאת בפנים, ושמה רואים שסתם אלפי"ן בשאר המגילה היודי"ן של האלפי"ן ישרות כלפי מעלה, ולא הפוכות
These are new innovations that have been introduced. I suspect that this AYIN RABATI is based on the concept that the hanging of the 10 evil sons of Haman represents a pivotal moment in the ushering of the Ge'ulah. Therefore, we see Daryavesh, (Queen Esther's descendant) giving permission to Ezra to return to Eretz Yisrael and to rebuild the Beis ha'Mikdash. This according to our tradition happened EXACTLY 70 YEARS after the Churban of the Bet ha'Mikdash. The AYIN is made large because it alludes to those 70 years.
ReplyDeleteThere are other innovations in this megillah as well. I will post it in a follow-up post with pictures so that you may be better able to view it by visualizing the text.