The International STa"M Forum

Is there a mokor in Chabad sources that says Ksav Ari is also for other than Tefillin?In Shulchan oruch 36 Alter rebbe seems to indicate that the arizal differences are specifically for Tefillin.

Does any one know of a source for large-sized Peshutim Mehudarim 4 cm or larger.  Larger preferred.  Appreciate it very much.

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A sofer coming to Israel next month asked me to find a Jerusalem based, English speaking, knowledgeable and good batim worker to give a 2-3 day crash course in hachnasos, sealing and basic tikkunim. Any suggestions?

I received this by email: I am not a member of your forum, and don’t wish to become one, but I do follow it religiously. On the recent question of a megilla that opens vertically, it seems to me that there is a basic problem. If the request was to write it page by page, with the pages arranged vertically, with spaces in between, then the spaces would constitute a parsha that is incorrect. If, on the other hand, the intention was to write the whole thing, line after line, without any extra breaks, that would cause a problem with Asseres B’nai Haman, which everyone seems to agree have to be either at the top or bottom of a page, if not on a page of their own. So I don’t really see how this can be L’maaseh. Thank you for your interesting forum.

Shalom, does anybody here have a detailed recipe of kosher ink? It shouldn't be the best one, but it should be a relatively easy one. I would like to cook ink for educational purposes. And also, I prefer something that I could use relatively a short while after its preparation. Thanks

  "can we ignore the point" since only a sharp point where the rosh and regel form an angle less than 90 degrees is a dalet,perhaps this reish is kosher although there is a "point"