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First Bet the tag is tall enough and a little thick however it is not at the exact far left corner, Possibly it would be a havchanos tinok. Just my speculation not a psak.
Second picture: Although the picture is not so clear it still seems that they are not at all touching(possibly even to a tinok).The Shavet Halevy is machshir even when they are extremely close (as long as they are recognizable to an adult that they are not touching). Some are stricter on this issue and require a Havchanos tinok.
Yosef chodesh tov, In regard to the beis I agree it is a shaylas tinok. In regard to the ches (it is not totaly clear, but maybe that is the correct picture) to my opinion it is pasul, because it has become a ches. But, as Dovid wrote the Sheivet Halevi and other Rabbis say as long as it is not touching, there is no question involved and it is kosher. I wrote about this issue in length on posts earlier this month: "the word Bechor that the vav and caf are very close"
Both the Shulchan Aruch Harav and the Mishnah Brurah use similar terminology when describing the importance of the shin being "pointy" on the bottom and all three branches of the letter shin meeting at a point or "chad" at the bottom of the letter. There is a strong foundation in Halacha for this and for the bottom of the shin to be flat like a moshav (base) is considered questionable (Pri Megadim) and definitely not Kosher Lechatchillah. It is worse if the moshav is very wide, but it is still questionable if it is lechatchillah if there is a thick noticeable base rather than a chad. Even for Sephardim, who lechatchillah make an angular base, it is still important that the base is indeed on a (significant) angle. If the base is flat, even if all three branches of the shin come out of the base connected , as in the top picture, it is problematic. It is worse in the bottom picture below where the right head/ branch comes out of the right part of the base and the m
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?
First Bet the tag is tall enough and a little thick however it is not at the exact far left corner, Possibly it would be a havchanos tinok. Just my speculation not a psak.
ReplyDeleteSecond picture: Although the picture is not so clear it still seems that they are not at all touching(possibly even to a tinok).The Shavet Halevy is machshir even when they are extremely close (as long as they are recognizable to an adult that they are not touching). Some are stricter on this issue and require a Havchanos tinok.
Yosef chodesh tov,
ReplyDeleteIn regard to the beis I agree it is a shaylas tinok.
In regard to the ches (it is not totaly clear, but maybe that is the correct picture) to my opinion it is pasul, because it has become a ches. But, as Dovid wrote the Sheivet Halevi and other Rabbis say as long as it is not touching, there is no question involved and it is kosher.
I wrote about this issue in length on posts earlier this month: "the word Bechor that the vav and caf are very close"