Is there anything that would make this mezuza passul?
How about the Bais of Uleovdo?
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shin in "Alter Rebbe" script
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
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?
This mezuzah is AT BEST only Kosher bedieved, - missing most crowns and many bedieved letters.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of actual psulin, you have a number of issues:
1) spacing (the upper space between the words asher and anochi is the same (or even smaller) as the upper spacing between the nun ans tav of the word veshinantom. This can be fixed ).
2) Some of the yudin do not have the kotz elyon. This is fixable.
3) The samachs (pointy on bottom) are problematic acc to many Ashkenazi poskim. Is this mezuzah for a Sfardi or Ashkenazi?
4) The nun pshutah on the rosh does not extend over to the right side. Again, highly problematic as is, but fixable.
I cannot tell from the photo but if it is klaf mashuach it may crack easily, perhaps even as soon as you roll it.
In conclusion: Do not use this mezuzah unless there is no other choice, and only after fixing the above.
The nun from Anochi is a shailos tinuk (ignore the wide chof next to it).
The tagin are b'davka; see Rambam Hilchos mezuza and Shimusha Rabba
ReplyDeleteIf it is sephardi, there is no need for tagin, it would be kosher l'chatchila without them. The K'tav technically could be kosher l'chatchila if the person claimed the right traditions. However, by sephardi halakha it would be posul because it relies on the shita of the Taz for patucha and stuma.
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