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I just want to point out: your original assumption has logic in it.
Your question now too is logical.
My question is: on which SOURCES do you base your assumptions:)
Things in Halacha and in this field especially do not always follow the organic logic that we come up with.
The Yerushalmi in Berachos which discusses a nun and a vov touching is a prime example of a case in which it might have been acceptable as a teis - were it meant to be a teis - but can be scraped apart - were it not meant to be a teis.
One who learns the Shut of Acharonim will find such patterns in numerous places:)
yes see mahrshag (its one of the first simamim) when chaf is close enough to vav it can be used as chaf vav or corrected to be used as mem. he brings a similar situation with a line in the lungs that must have 5 compartments can be counted either way
yes see mahrshag (its one of the first simamim) when chaf is close enough to vav it can be used as chaf vav or corrected to be used as mem. he brings a similar situation with a line in the lungs that must have 5 compartments can be counted either way
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.
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?
If this would be a Tzadik P'shuta, would it be Kosher?
ReplyDeleteEven if it would be... on which sources do you base the assumption that its a two way street?
DeleteIs there such a thing as one Tzura being kosher as two different Osios?
Delete(When I say "kosher", I mean regarding the Tzura, not Mukaf Gvil considerations.)
I just want to point out: your original assumption has logic in it.
DeleteYour question now too is logical.
My question is: on which SOURCES do you base your assumptions:)
Things in Halacha and in this field especially do not always follow the organic logic that we come up with.
The Yerushalmi in Berachos which discusses a nun and a vov touching is a prime example of a case in which it might have been acceptable as a teis - were it meant to be a teis - but can be scraped apart - were it not meant to be a teis.
One who learns the Shut of Acharonim will find such patterns in numerous places:)
Please tell me where this Yerushalmi Brachos is ...
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ReplyDeleteyes see mahrshag (its one of the first simamim) when chaf is close enough to vav it can be used as chaf vav or corrected to be used as mem. he brings a similar situation with a line in the lungs that must have 5 compartments can be counted either way
ReplyDeleteyes see mahrshag (its one of the first simamim) when chaf is close enough to vav it can be used as chaf vav or corrected to be used as mem. he brings a similar situation with a line in the lungs that must have 5 compartments can be counted either way
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