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The OK's Hechsher on STa"M....Will it work?
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...
The problem with the above "HEH" is that it arises in us the doubt whether it's a letter "BET." The initial gut reaction when seeing it, is to conclude that this "HEH" has lost its shape and want to invalidate it. However, halakha is clear. It is precisely in a case of such doubt that we must show it to a TINOK.
ReplyDeleteIf this was acceptable as a Hei than the Poskim would have told us clearly - in a case where the regel of the hei was written in the middle of the letter rather than the end - to simply stretch the regel all the way till the end.
ReplyDeleteObviously, that is NOT a solution. Which would seem to imply that R' Moshe is correct in rendering this possul.
As such there is no tikkun either. For the only tikkun available is to scrape and whenever there is a psul in the guf ha'os - scraping would be considered Chak tochos.
Please take a look at sefer Safekot HaSofer - Letter Heh #21
ReplyDeleteI humbly disagree with the comparison to the case being dealt with in Sfeikas Hasofer. He is not speaking of a case such as this where it is so long.
DeleteAs per the above post from YY I reviewed the m"b who writes that if the nekuda is in middle gag should be scratched however if it is at end of line it should be left as is. Nekuda should not be stretched.
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