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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".
תיבה מיותרת במזוזה
תיבה יתירה בסת"ם פוסלת. ולא מועיל כאן גרירת היתר, כי ישאר שיעור ט' אותיות [קטנות עכ"פ] והוא שיעור ריוח פרשה סתומה באמצע הפרשה. ועל כן צריכה המזוזה הזאת גניזה. דרך אגב: ככל הנראה המזוזה הזאת לא עברה הגהה כלל !!! (קשה לי להניח שמגיה לא ישים לב לדבר כזה)
If the sofer was a sefardi, this never would have happened!
ReplyDeleteIn addition to the spelling mistake, note that:
ReplyDeleteThe ך of the second בשבתך and ובשעריך are most probably פסול.
The foot of the big ד is to short.
The extra תגים are not at all exact: 6 on מ of ובקומך(?),
דגנך ותירשך ויצהרך like in תפילין, in מזוזה should be nothing on ותירשך and on the ר of ויצהרך.
Lacking the תגים in many places (וקשרתם, אחרים and others).
In short, this sofer (in my opinion) needs to do a little bit homework before he continues.
I wouldn't have thought the kafim are Pasul. Lechatchila - definitely not. But I think they're kosher bediavad since the regel is longer than the gag (not easy to see in the pic) and they are yored mehaketiva amongst a ktav that has fairly consistent letter heights. Maybe at most a ST, but I'm not even sure about that.
ReplyDeleteAlso the regel of the dalet is short but also I think its kosher.
If the Regel is not longer than the Gag then it's a serious Safek of Tzuras Ha'os. After all, if this were the large Raish of Acher (ki lo sishtachaveh l'eil acheir), would it be Pasul because it's a long Kaf?
Deleteואבדתם
ReplyDeleteIn my experience, the two most common spelling mistakes in a mezuzah are:
ReplyDelete1) in the 2 places where the words letotofos and mezuzos are written - where the sofer has mixed up the moleh or choser and either left out a vov or added a vov.
2) in the two v'avadatems where he has mixed up the ayin / alef.
In my opinion, after checking a mezuzah normally, it is worth glancing over those 6 words a second time.
Also, I have commonly found the first written ועבדם - lacking the TAV
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