I definitely admire and respect your integrity. I prefer my standard tefillin and I’d rather the writing be according to Halacha and beautiful as well instead of just the minimum of kosher standards.
You are 100% wrong about the pitzponim. But I don't blame you, seeing that you primarily work with Ashkenazi ksav and Alter Rebbe ksav all the more so. Generally speaking, pitzponim are written in Sefaradi ksav which is much less dinamic than Ashkenazi style writing. While Ashkenazi ksavs incorporate many thin and thick lines, Sefardi writing is almost entirely thick and can be written with very few strokes. Now if you are thinking that Alter Rebbe Ksav is more Mehudar, then let me remind you that all ksavs come from a holy tradition passed down from teacher to student and that is all that matters. Also, the mitzvah is to write, not draw. Anyways, the purpose of pitzponim are not to be worn for the sake of having small tefilin. Their purpose is to fulfill wearing both Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam tefilin at the simultaneously, which is a Hidur mitzvah in its own right. In conclusion: 1. Wearing pitzponim does not guarantee a loss in the quality of writing. 2. By wearing large tefilin, you compromise an application of a hidur mitzvah.
Thank you, I appreciate your comment. Yes I am not talking specifically about ksav sefard. But even so even in ksav sefard very rarely do you find beautifully written writing in pitzponim... Also many people looking for small Tefillin are not looking to put on both at once. They are looking for mobility and convenience. Yes there is merit to wearing both at once but that was not the intention of this video... Also no where do I mention that one style writing is better than the other. Kol Tuv
@@TheSoferCenter if you lived in a place with mostly sefaradim, you would see that those who wear pitzponim do indeed wear them simultaneously. And those who don't wear them, or Rabbeinu Tam at all, wear normal sized tefilin. In regards to the beauty of the ksav found in the pitzponim, as a sofer myself who has seen many pitzponim, I cannot concur what you said.
Outside of Sefardi circles many people want to wear pitzponim for the size, nothing to do with wearing 2 at the same time and that is what this video was trying to address. You don't have to agree and that is ok. You are entitled to your own opinion.
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I definitely admire and respect your integrity. I prefer my standard tefillin and I’d rather the writing be according to Halacha and beautiful as well instead of just the minimum of kosher standards.
Look forward to your videos! What percentage of Sopherim do you think are left handed?
It must be easier no? Less smudging?
Why is it that in the tefillin, in the head tefillin, the prayers are separated, while in the arm tefillin, they are all together in one scroll?
You are 100% wrong about the pitzponim. But I don't blame you, seeing that you primarily work with Ashkenazi ksav and Alter Rebbe ksav all the more so. Generally speaking, pitzponim are written in Sefaradi ksav which is much less dinamic than Ashkenazi style writing. While Ashkenazi ksavs incorporate many thin and thick lines, Sefardi writing is almost entirely thick and can be written with very few strokes.
Now if you are thinking that Alter Rebbe Ksav is more Mehudar, then let me remind you that all ksavs come from a holy tradition passed down from teacher to student and that is all that matters. Also, the mitzvah is to write, not draw.
Anyways, the purpose of pitzponim are not to be worn for the sake of having small tefilin. Their purpose is to fulfill wearing both Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam tefilin at the simultaneously, which is a Hidur mitzvah in its own right.
In conclusion:
1. Wearing pitzponim does not guarantee a loss in the quality of writing.
2. By wearing large tefilin, you compromise an application of a hidur mitzvah.
Thank you, I appreciate your comment.
Yes I am not talking specifically about ksav sefard. But even so even in ksav sefard very rarely do you find beautifully written writing in pitzponim...
Also many people looking for small Tefillin are not looking to put on both at once. They are looking for mobility and convenience. Yes there is merit to wearing both at once but that was not the intention of this video...
Also no where do I mention that one style writing is better than the other.
Kol Tuv
@@TheSoferCenter if you lived in a place with mostly sefaradim, you would see that those who wear pitzponim do indeed wear them simultaneously. And those who don't wear them, or Rabbeinu Tam at all, wear normal sized tefilin. In regards to the beauty of the ksav found in the pitzponim, as a sofer myself who has seen many pitzponim, I cannot concur what you said.
Outside of Sefardi circles many people want to wear pitzponim for the size, nothing to do with wearing 2 at the same time and that is what this video was trying to address.
You don't have to agree and that is ok. You are entitled to your own opinion.