Acquiring and Maintaining Stam: Difference between revisions
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# There are two main schools of how the writing for mezuzot should be written, the Sephardi style and the Ashkenazic style. Everyone should get a mezuzah according to their minhag, though after the fact most poskim hold both are kosher for everyone.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 6:13</ref> | # There are two main schools of how the writing for mezuzot should be written, the Sephardi style and the Ashkenazic style. Everyone should get a mezuzah according to their minhag, though after the fact most poskim hold both are kosher for everyone.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 6:13</ref> | ||
# The end of the lines should be justified. If they end at different points it is possible that it is invalid.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 288:9</ref> | # The end of the lines should be justified. If they end at different points it is possible that it is invalid.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 288:9</ref> | ||
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Rambam_spacing.jpg|Spacing of paragraphs according to Rambam | Rambam_spacing.jpg|Spacing of paragraphs according to Rambam | ||
Taz_spacing.jpg|Spacing of paragraphs according to Taz | Taz_spacing.jpg|Spacing of paragraphs according to Taz | ||
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# There are two minhagim about how to space the first two paragraphs of Shema in a mezuzah. According to the Rambam, there should be a space of 9 letters at the beginning of the line before the paragraph of והיה. According to the Taz, there is a combined space between the end of the line after the paragraph of שמע and the beginning of the line before the paragraph of והיה that is the space of 9 letters. Sephardim and some Ashkenazim follow the Rambam, while other Ashkenazim follow the Taz.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 6:12</ref> | # There are two minhagim about how to space the first two paragraphs of Shema in a mezuzah. According to the Rambam, there should be a space of 9 letters at the beginning of the line before the paragraph of והיה. According to the Taz, there is a combined space between the end of the line after the paragraph of שמע and the beginning of the line before the paragraph of והיה that is the space of 9 letters. Sephardim and some Ashkenazim follow the Rambam, while other Ashkenazim follow the Taz.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 6:12</ref> | ||
