Following Ari's post, I have cut and pasted an article I wrote for a local publication some time ago on this very issue. I think it sums up this issue and the various shittos. I also suggest Rav Yonason Hershlags kuntres on this topic called "stumah shebestam". The different ways of forming the"Hefsek Parshas Stuma" in tefillin parshiyos. Introduction There is a common misconception that the only difference between the different minhagim (customs) of tefillin parshiyos is the ksav (font) they are written in. For example if a person is Sephardic, the ksav will be "Vellish", a script that is unique to Sephardic Jews; If one is of traditional Ashkenazic and non-Chassidic background, then he would usually get the "Beis Yosef" script; If one is "Chassidic", he would get the "Arizal" script, etc. While this is correct, there are also different opinions and minhagim on how to make the spacing between the parshiyos of th
I heard him say that the only chidush of ksav chabbad is in shatnez getz other wise it was the same like tha ksav in that place and time
ReplyDeleteWhat's the chiddush in sha'atnez ge"tz?
DeleteApologies, I had to delete the post in response to this because it was causing problems to the layout....
ReplyDeleteif you tell me how to properly upload a picture,I'll post it again
ReplyDelete1. Reduce the size of the picture so that it is 650 pixels wide.
Delete2. Can you make the letters look darker?
3. Give the picture a new name, because the old name already exists, and I don't know if it can be deleted.
4. Can you tell us which letters are different from the common כתב חבד today?
Without getting into the history and sources for today's ksav Chabad, I think the biggest general difference in how the late Rabbi Zirkind's Z"L ksav presents compared to most other styles is in its simplicity. This is because strongly believed in the fact that it says "Uchsavtem" ( not Utziyartem etc) and that many of the more detailed and ornate ksavim (particularly Ksav Chabad) done today are "drawn" rather than simply "written". This argument was consistent with his general shittah that there is no such thing as "hiddur" when it comes to ksav, there is no makkor in halacha for a beautifully written ksav being in any way advantageous to a simple (yet obviously halachadic) one: Either it is kosher k'din or it is not.
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