8+ hour, 5+ min ago (173+ words) [STaM Styles: What's the Difference?]Ask the Rov: What is the difference between the various ksovim used for STaM? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds. The post STaM Styles: What's the Difference? first appeared on Anash.org. " " " | November 30, 2025 Ask the Rov: What is the difference between the various ksovim used for STaM? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds. Halacha requires that Stam be written in the Ashuri script whose letter shapes follow the tradition of the Gemara and Rishonim, tracing back to Har Sinai. Ideally, this is to be transmitted in an unbroken chain or oral tradition. Yet, deviations from the accepted script don't invalidate the letters b'dieved, provided they retain their correct basic forms.1 Conversely, the Ashkenazic Rishonim discussed and delved more into the nuances of the traditional script as transmitted by the sofrim of each generation.5 A thorough compilation, Baruch…...