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Regel and kotz but no Rosh?
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אני סובר שיש להחמיר ולפסול
ReplyDeletethere IS a Rosh!
ReplyDeleteאיני רואה שום סיבה לפסול
Did you miss the word "lo"? (sorry I use a blackberry, I don't have hebrew fonts on my phone)
DeleteThe Tagim of ה should be fixed
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't make a fuss with the tagin in such a ksav. However, the Mem in Shma should be fixed (the bottom right squared.)
DeleteBased on seeing 1 Shin, I wouldn;t be surprised if he has an issue with the left rosh not being on the right side (Ari)
כ׳ להדיא במשנת הסופר שאם יש רק רגל וקוץ בלי ראש, יש לפסול, אף שקשה לפעמים להגדיר מתי הוא באמת ראש בשיפוע ומתי הוא באמת רק קוץ.
ReplyDeleteמשו״ה, בתמונה הזו היה נדמה לי לפסול אבל משום שזה לא קל להגדיר בגלל זה שאלתי פה מה דעת אחרים בזה.
אולי אתה טוען שבמקרה הזה אינה כרגל וקוץ בלי ראש. אבל אני לא מסכים בזה. זה ברור לי שפה יש רק גולם אחד אם קוץ קטן קטן למעלה ועוד קוץ קטן קטן בצד שמאל.
There is absolutely a Rosh.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, just because the Regel is fat does not mean there is no Rosh. Secondly, the kotz is the corner of a ROSH!!!
Thirdly, look at the top, the Rosh definitely protrudes to the left of the Tag.
This is Kosher. Certainly fixable.
You need to look at how the regel is shaped and where it attached to where the "Rosh" would be. I will delete the kotzim and post again and you will see that what is left is one golem with no discernible Rosh.
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