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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)
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?
Thank you for commenting on my ink article. In your comment you stated: "Many poskim disagree... Many rishonim have clearly stated the use of our ingredients." Would you please be kind enough to teach us (so I can include it in the article) which Poskim and what exactly and where did they say that the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink is preferable over good quality דיו עשן that does not fail? We are not interested in biased פילפולים , or in those who said that דיו עשן is not being used because it fails easily or because it was not known how to make good quality דיו עשן. Nor are we interested in those who said to use עפצים וקנקנתום וגומא ואין לשנות when they discussed specifically the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink. We are interested to find out where and who (if any) said explicitly, based on sources, that the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink is preferable over good quality דיו עשן , even when there is דיו עשן of good quality that does not ...
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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