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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?
Question to Yosef Chaim B
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Zvi
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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 ...
The Regel of the Dalet is around 1.25x kulmusim based on it's head. Therefore, it's not only kosher according to those that require the leg be 1 kulmus and certainly Rav Stern and Rav Klein who require a bit less than a kulmus, it's even kosher according to the MB, who requires 1 kulmus plus, which the poskim say is a minimum of 1.25 kulmusim. It is bedieved so it should be lengthened so it's closer to 2 kulmusim.
ReplyDeleteThe moshav of the Nun Kefufa should extend past the rosh both on the right and left side. This is basics.
Also, some time should be invested in improving the Tzadi.
agree
ReplyDeleteTangentially, even were this leg 1 kulmus long it would also be kosher leshitas MB (even though this doesn;t see to be halachah lemaaseh) as he holds that the yerech of a large letter can be measured by the shiur ohs ketana of a beinoni letter, such as the surrounding standard size letters.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, it may be pasul leshitas Mikdash Me'at (ohs ketana is 1 kulmus) as he's mesupak if the din or ohs ketana from the gemara (by ohs Hei) applies to Dalet and Reish (and Rav MS Klein is choshesh for this and requires a tinok as per his sefer Sheieilas Moshe[where he aslo talks about a short regel on a Dalet Rabasi]). (Unless the MM agrees with the Maasaf Lechol Hamachanos bshem Zichron Yehuda and Pnei Meivin that davka by the Dalet Rabasi an ohs ketana of the surrounding standard letters is sufficient with a tinok.