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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?
Dear Readers and Members, The forum has been down for over 6 months because the domain name (www.stamforum.com) lapsed and it is no longer available to re purchase. Although this forum is now defunct (it has morphed into several whatsapp groups), I have had many requests to put it back online because it contains so much information (over 1,800 posts and thousands of comments in the discussions, on a wide range of topics related to STa"M). I have therefore put the forum back online at blogger, so the address is www.stamforum.blogspot.com. The forum lasted for a decade...not a bad effort! It was pretty popular back in the days before whatsapp and managed to receive over a million hits in it's short life. It was one of the only organised forums in the STa"M world and definitely the largest in it's heyday. I would like to thank all those who cobtributed over the years, particularly the early members who helped build it up. Thanking you all, Eli
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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