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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".
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
Could these be retzuot which were never caught after the earlier controversy?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vosizneias.com/112260/2012/08/23/new-york-the-tefillin-strap-retzuos-controversy/
This was posted in detail on this site several weeks ago
ReplyDeleteI saw it earlier, but I wasn't sure what it was about. I was hoping someone would comment in english concerning the article.
Deletehttp://chareidi.org/archives5775/mattos/atefillinmts75.htm
DeleteThank you
DeleteThe issue in 2012 was due to paint that peeled and even happened to a reliable maker and is not associated to the present issues. Rabbi Hoffman raised a concern about the paint and the leather and it's possible that he was on to something then regarding the retzuos made by the unreliable maker (under the unreliable hechsher.)
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