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The Shulhan Arukh says that if you drop wax onto your letters, the letters themselves are fine once you remove the wax.* The Shulhan Arukh is a whopping huge authority, and the way halakha works is that you're basically not allowed to disagree with him unless you have a REALLY good reason. The Magen Avraham (he counts as a really good reason if you want to disagree with the Sh.A.) agrees with him.
Well, a little chappie called Get Pashut comes along somewhat later, and says that if wax gets onto a letter, it's not at all clear whether the letter is still valid after removing the wax.
Lishkat ha-Sofer comes along and cites this little dilemma of the Get Pashut's, and concludes: "One wonders how the Get Pashut managed to write as though he'd never heard of the Shulhan Arukh or the Magen Avraham..."
You gotta love him.
* The issue is whether this constitutes forming letters by methods other than writing. Think splitting open stone to reveal fossils - same concept; what you did wasn't sculpture..."
Well, a little chappie called Get Pashut comes along somewhat later, and says that if wax gets onto a letter, it's not at all clear whether the letter is still valid after removing the wax.
Lishkat ha-Sofer comes along and cites this little dilemma of the Get Pashut's, and concludes: "One wonders how the Get Pashut managed to write as though he'd never heard of the Shulhan Arukh or the Magen Avraham..."
You gotta love him.
* The issue is whether this constitutes forming letters by methods other than writing. Think splitting open stone to reveal fossils - same concept; what you did wasn't sculpture..."
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