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I just received a batch of mehudar mezuzos with the kuzu done in the above manner. Is there any makor for this? I've never seen it done like this before, nor can I imagine why it should be.
Perhaps he copied it directly from the source...... Hmmm... also here. And in the Kabalah version (משנת חסידים) slightly different. Maybe he knows something that we don't know???
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?
Perhaps he copied it directly from the source......
ReplyDeleteHmmm... also here.
And in the Kabalah version (משנת חסידים) slightly different.
Maybe he knows something that we don't know???
My Rebbeim taught me that, since these words are Shaimos, one does not pronounce them. They refer to them as, "Chof, Vov, Zayin, Vav."
ReplyDelete(They would also not say Metatron, but "Mem, Test, Tes.". Similarly, they never pronounced the name of the Shaid called Lilis, rather: "Lamed Lamed.")
Please post picture of front.
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