Chaf or Beis?

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  1. moshe weinerOctober 30, 2015 at 6:47 AM

    ר' ירחמיאל
    צריך לראות את זה בגודל אמיתי
    כאן הוא מוגדל הרבה. אני מנחש שבגודל אמיתי הוא ייראה יותר ככ"ף

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    1. RuminantKatzOctober 31, 2015 at 10:17 PM

      Is it able to be fixed and still considered kesidran?

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    2. Yerachmiel AskotzkyNovember 1, 2015 at 6:52 AM

      As i wrote below, if the ekev is noticeable in the actual size then it would likely be pasul and irreparable.

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  2. Yerachmiel AskotzkyOctober 30, 2015 at 7:29 AM

    I agree when enlarged it is a serious problem. I received the shaila from overseas and told him it depended on whether there was a noticeable ekev when looking at it in the actual size.

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    1. Eli GutnickNovember 3, 2015 at 2:55 PM

      I'm inclined to think that at normal size it would look like a chof with a small p'gam in it

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    2. Yerachmiel AskotzkyNovember 3, 2015 at 4:06 PM

      I had to leave that call to the sofer.

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  3. YankevNovember 1, 2015 at 2:46 PM

    שאלת תינוק

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