Category Archives: Ask a Child: Shailos Tinok

The child read the first ‘zayin’ as a ‘nun, rendering this mezuzah posel.

Look at the second zayin in the word mezuzos. First of all, it looks like a dalit, which means it is posel. I asked a tinok to be sure, and he confirmed my suspicion and read ‘dalit’. In fact, he read … Continue reading →

When it is not clear what a letter is we ask a child. In this case the child read the vov of totafos and the vov of uv’komechah as yuds, so this mezuzah is posel.

The letter in the middle of the picture is supposed to be a kuf, but is it? Cover up the leg and it appears to be a lamed. The tag on the top left was clearly made too big and … Continue reading →