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On a similar note,
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: All the oils are suitable for
making
ink, and olive oil is the most select. A dilemma was raised before
the Sages: What was Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi’s intention: Did he mean that olive oil is the most select in terms of being the best for use
to
mix and
knead
with the soot produced from a fire in manufacturing ink;
or
did he mean for use
to smoke,
i.e., burning olive oil to produce smoke is the most select method of producing the soot used in manufacturing ink?
Come
and
hear
a resolution to…
Shabbat 23a:5
How is ink prepared? One collects the vapor of oils, of tar, of wax, or the like, [causes it to condense,] and kneads it together with sap from a tree and a drop of honey. It is moistened extensively, crushed until it is formed into flat cakes, dried, and then stored.
When one desires to write with it, one soaks [the cakes of ink] in gallnut juice or the like and writes with it. Thus, if one attempts to rub it out, he would be able to.
This is the ink with which it is most preferable to write scrolls,
tefillin
, and mezuzot…
Mishneh Torah, Tefillin, Mezuzah and the Torah Scroll 1:4
MISHNA:
One may write
a bill of divorce
with any
material that can be used for writing:
With
deyo
, with paint [
sam
], with
sikra
, with
komos
, with
kankantom
or with anything that
produces
permanent
writing. However,
one may not write with
other
liquids, nor with fruit juice, nor with anything
that does
not
produce
permanent
writing. Similarly, with regard to the document itself,
one may write on anything,
even
on an olive leaf, or on the horn of a cow…
Gittin 19a:4-8
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