In today’s day and age, virtually every kosher product available to the consumer comes with a hechsher. By hechsher, I mean an official and recognised rabbinical body or agency that certifies the kashrus of a product, be it a food item or a religious article. Hechsherim play a vital role in providing consumer confidence, and something branded by a reputable kashrus agency will be considered more legitimate than a similar product that does not. The agency has rigid policies and protocols in place to ensure correct standards are met, and they are independent of the manufacturer so that there is no conflict of interest. As we have discussed on this forum previously, there is a distinct lack of official hechsherim on Sta”m products - Tefillin, Mezuzos and Sifrei Torah. Even the Vaad Mishmeres Sta”m, the oldest and most well- known rabbinic agency in the Sta”m world does not certify products. They test and ordain sofrim and magihim (examiners), offer a computer checking service (sp...
I heard him say that the only chidush of ksav chabbad is in shatnez getz other wise it was the same like tha ksav in that place and time
ReplyDeleteWhat's the chiddush in sha'atnez ge"tz?
DeleteApologies, I had to delete the post in response to this because it was causing problems to the layout....
ReplyDeleteif you tell me how to properly upload a picture,I'll post it again
ReplyDelete1. Reduce the size of the picture so that it is 650 pixels wide.
Delete2. Can you make the letters look darker?
3. Give the picture a new name, because the old name already exists, and I don't know if it can be deleted.
4. Can you tell us which letters are different from the common כתב חבד today?
Without getting into the history and sources for today's ksav Chabad, I think the biggest general difference in how the late Rabbi Zirkind's Z"L ksav presents compared to most other styles is in its simplicity. This is because strongly believed in the fact that it says "Uchsavtem" ( not Utziyartem etc) and that many of the more detailed and ornate ksavim (particularly Ksav Chabad) done today are "drawn" rather than simply "written". This argument was consistent with his general shittah that there is no such thing as "hiddur" when it comes to ksav, there is no makkor in halacha for a beautifully written ksav being in any way advantageous to a simple (yet obviously halachadic) one: Either it is kosher k'din or it is not.
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