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Klaff Tanning question:
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Rabbi Eli Gutnick
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I received this question via email. I am not really a klaf expert, I was wondering if anyone could answer this question: Dear Rabbi Gutnick, I am writing to you because a good friend of mine has put the idea into my head that the klaf in my tefillin were not really tanned and therefore are not kosher. He referred me to Megilla 19a re diftera. From the research that I have done so far, it seems that the klaf that is used today is tanned only with a lime wash. On all of the tanning websites I’ve seen so far, they say that the lime doesn’t accomplish tanning but only the removal of the hair and some other pre-tanning effects. Would you be able to explain to me or refer me to a website that explains how the tanning process that is used today takes the hide out of the category of diftera? Thank you very much.
Ink, Kosher vs. non-Kosher
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Zvi
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We all know that there is no ancient source that requires ink to be מן המותר בפיך . Possibly, as said here before, because in the olden days ink was always מן המותר בפיך and the question was never raised. It was probably self-evident. Nowadays, no decent Rav will approve an ink which is not מן המותר בפיך . Who was the first one to raise this question? Was it raised because of animal ingredients or because of non-kosher wine?
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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