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malenkiyscot) wrote2015-05-01 10:55 am
malenkiyscot) wrote2015-05-01 10:55 am
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Out of the mouths of babes (or should I say into the mouth?)
Related to this Can Cheap Wine Taste Great post.
When a letter in a Torah scroll is erased or written incorrectly it renders the whole scroll unfit. But that is only if the letter is unrecognizable or looks like a different letter. Sometimes, when two letters differ only slightly (and in Hebrew there are quite a few letters like that,
consider: "כ" "ב" ;"ר" "ד" ;"ו" "ז" ;"ס" "ם ;"ח" "ה"), adults have hard time distinguishing between them because they are influenced by the context (they know which letter is supposed to be there). So the litmus test is to take a child that knows the letters, but does not know how to read, yet, and ask him.
I know someone whose children are very discerning wine lovers. As they do not care about the labels or price, that person when trying new wine gives it first to his children and judges the taste accordingly.
When a letter in a Torah scroll is erased or written incorrectly it renders the whole scroll unfit. But that is only if the letter is unrecognizable or looks like a different letter. Sometimes, when two letters differ only slightly (and in Hebrew there are quite a few letters like that,
consider: "כ" "ב" ;"ר" "ד" ;"ו" "ז" ;"ס" "ם ;"ח" "ה"), adults have hard time distinguishing between them because they are influenced by the context (they know which letter is supposed to be there). So the litmus test is to take a child that knows the letters, but does not know how to read, yet, and ask him.
I know someone whose children are very discerning wine lovers. As they do not care about the labels or price, that person when trying new wine gives it first to his children and judges the taste accordingly.