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And what about the Yud in ידך. It has a זוית שמאל. The, to the right of that, there is a pseudo-קוץ which is a spurious Regel. If that's not a Ches, it's certainly not a Yud.
please post a clear picture in regular size since the picture posted shows a moshav- sometimes it is only a shpitz but in black and while blowup it looks bigger
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?
I see a moshav and would be machshir. I've no doubt Rav Friedlander would be machshir.
ReplyDeleteAnd what about the Yud in ידך. It has a זוית שמאל. The, to the right of that, there is a pseudo-קוץ which is a spurious Regel. If that's not a Ches, it's certainly not a Yud.
ReplyDeleteThe Yud is not a shailah. It's not close to a Ches. At most (hard to tell from image) the oketz needs to be fixed.
Deleteplease post a clear picture in regular size
ReplyDeletesince the picture posted shows a moshav- sometimes it is only a shpitz but in black and while blowup it looks bigger