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shin in "Alter Rebbe" script
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Ink, Kosher vs. non-Kosher
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?
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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