narrow kaf
the kaf of ki is very narrow,in my opinion even a shalas tinok would not help since it is halachacly a nun.
How about the Bais of Uleovdo?
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shin in "Alter Rebbe" script
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Not a "khaf"
This gave me a "Safrut smile"... OK, I realise that this is not Ktav STaM, however it is interesting what happens when graphic/font Hebrew becomes too stylised. Case-in-point, a colleague and I were visiting the mayor's office in the Gaza Belt region of Shaar HaNegev (adjoining Sderot). He is new to reading Hebrew and pronounced the welcome sign as " brooning " or " broobing " (instead of the intended " brookhim ". I replied that he was more correct than the graphic designer, as the letter meant to be a " khaf " was closer to a halakhic "Nun" or "Bet", and had this been Ktav STaM, the letter would likely be considered pasul as a "Khaf".
I would be afraid to pasel this caf so fast. The csav is quite narrow in general, and the gag is wider than the moshav something that takes it far from a nun.
ReplyDeleteIf I would be asked, I would say shaylas tinok, and (assuming he would read correct) then fix by adding a bit to the moshav.
But אין לדיין אלא מה שעיניו רואות perhaps in real vision it looks worse?
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ReplyDeleteit's hard to see in the scan but the aleph in שאלך is nearly kav mashuch too....
ReplyDeleteAlso is the lamed touching the kaf??
ReplyDeleteAri great!!
ReplyDeleteThat is the alef I quoted Sheivet Halevi [in our debate kav mashuch - lamed], an opinion that is machshir such a alef, can not be disregarded.
Remember?
absolutely...machshir this now - but if it was just a little thicker and less of a diamond i reckon it would be pasul for all deos
ReplyDeletethese parshios are the kind I generally do not like to check since the work of the baal magia here is "find the psul" I referred the owner to his rabbi who will hopefully convince him to purchase a new set(the batim pshutim were very warped and the retzyuos were torn as well).I will post a seperate question on the blog of how to deal with these situations please share your thoughts
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