What is your opinions on this Vav of Ve'ahavta? Is this a Sha'ala of possibly looking like a Zayin?...
Rabbi Reuvain Mendlowitz clarifies his position on Ksav Chabad (and my final thoughts)
Last week I posted some thoughts in response to a public lecture given by Rabbi Reuvain Mendlowitz regarding Ksav Chabad (the Alter Rebbe's ksav). I felt he did not represent the issue fairly, and since I had received questions about it from a number of people I felt it made sense to write a general response. After I posted my response on this forum, Rabbi Mendlowitz reached out to me by email and we ended up having a respectful and productive email exchange regarding the relevant issues surrounding Ksav Chabad. His position is a lot clearer to me now, and I think he also took certain things on board that I clarified with him. The purpose of the Stam Forum (at least back in it's heyday before all the whats app groups took over) was to connect sofrim from around the world, to promote achdus and build bridges, as well as to offer support and advice. In that spirit, I felt I should write a follow up post, to clarify some of the issues and misconception...
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ReplyDeletePerhaps we can apply the מקדש מעט אות ג סק יב that if a thin line connects both feet of gimel it is looked at as it is full of ink
ReplyDeleteומה שיש שם באמצע מעט לבנינות בלי דיו אינו מוציא מתורת נ
however in our case we will be using this logic to be lenient
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Isn't this a classic example, of a question that's impossible to answer, or give an opinion on, from just looking at the Picture. without seeing the original?
ReplyDeleteHi R Yisroel. Can you explain why this is the case that’s it’s impossible to give an answer or even opinion on?
Deletenot by a long shot! you couldn't get a tinok to call that a zayin even with ice cream!
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