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I once asked this question to Rav Friedlander and he said it was ok so long as he didn't miss a line completely. A gap caused by uneven Sirtut is ok. He said if you can write a letter in normal size between the top of the lamed and the bottom of the letters of the line above, the gap is not a problem. Im nit sure what he based this on but I've always followed it...
Sorry was supposed to say if you *can't* write a normal sized letter in the space between the yop of the lamedim and the bottom of the letters in the line above. (If you can, it would be a problem and considered potentially an extra line, rather than just uneven sirtut)
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?
I once asked this question to Rav Friedlander and he said it was ok so long as he didn't miss a line completely. A gap caused by uneven Sirtut is ok. He said if you can write a letter in normal size between the top of the lamed and the bottom of the letters of the line above, the gap is not a problem. Im nit sure what he based this on but I've always followed it...
ReplyDeleteSorry was supposed to say if you *can't* write a normal sized letter in the space between the yop of the lamedim and the bottom of the letters in the line above. (If you can, it would be a problem and considered potentially an extra line, rather than just uneven sirtut)
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