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I asked R' Shammai this morning...The only thing that seemed to bother him was the Beis which he said is a Shailos Tinnok. The rest he said are ok and should be fixed (aside for Shem HaShem which he said he would be machshir but of course shouldn't fix.)
I received this question via email. I am not really a klaf expert, I was wondering if anyone could answer this question: Dear Rabbi Gutnick, I am writing to you because a good friend of mine has put the idea into my head that the klaf in my tefillin were not really tanned and therefore are not kosher. He referred me to Megilla 19a re diftera. From the research that I have done so far, it seems that the klaf that is used today is tanned only with a lime wash. On all of the tanning websites I’ve seen so far, they say that the lime doesn’t accomplish tanning but only the removal of the hair and some other pre-tanning effects. Would you be able to explain to me or refer me to a website that explains how the tanning process that is used today takes the hide out of the category of diftera? Thank you very much.
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...
Post the same picture however without the circles...
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I can't thats the scan I received. sorry...
ReplyDeleteenlarge and you can see quite clear.
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ReplyDeleteYou're right..Just even when I enlarged it it was still bothering a little to look at it that way with the circles
ReplyDeleteI asked R' Shammai this morning...The only thing that seemed to bother him was the Beis which he said is a Shailos Tinnok. The rest he said are ok and should be fixed (aside for Shem HaShem which he said he would be machshir but of course shouldn't fix.)
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ReplyDeleteGot to find out who is behind the pen....
ReplyDeleteGot to find out who is behind the pen...
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