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Rabbi Reuvain Mendlowitz clarifies his position on Ksav Chabad (and my final thoughts)
Last week I posted some thoughts in response to a public lecture given by Rabbi Reuvain Mendlowitz regarding Ksav Chabad (the Alter Rebbe's ksav). I felt he did not represent the issue fairly, and since I had received questions about it from a number of people I felt it made sense to write a general response. After I posted my response on this forum, Rabbi Mendlowitz reached out to me by email and we ended up having a respectful and productive email exchange regarding the relevant issues surrounding Ksav Chabad. His position is a lot clearer to me now, and I think he also took certain things on board that I clarified with him. The purpose of the Stam Forum (at least back in it's heyday before all the whats app groups took over) was to connect sofrim from around the world, to promote achdus and build bridges, as well as to offer support and advice. In that spirit, I felt I should write a follow up post, to clarify some of the issues and misconception...
Is there anyway you could post this without the red arrow (or perhaps that's how you received the picture?)
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Should you put a matlis on back to stop it getting worse? if yes, does a future magiha have a chiyyuv to take off the matlis to make sure nothing fishy has occurred?
ReplyDeleteI would recommend putting a matlis to strengthen so that it doesn't tear further.
ReplyDeleteThe second question ...???
BTW in reality it looks much worse than the photo.
if you put a matlis make sure to tell the owner and keep a record for yourself.
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be mukaf gvil, but doesn't the fact that there is a hole make it less mehudar? since this is clearly a niceish Alter Rebbe, then the client should be told, no?
ReplyDeleteThe parsha is by the sofer, he never released it.
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