Dear Readers and Members, The forum has been down for over 6 months because the domain name (www.stamforum.com) lapsed and it is no longer available to re purchase. Although this forum is now defunct (it has morphed into several whatsapp groups), I have had many requests to put it back online because it contains so much information (over 1,800 posts and thousands of comments in the discussions, on a wide range of topics related to STa"M). I have therefore put the forum back online at blogger, so the address is www.stamforum.blogspot.com. The forum lasted for a decade...not a bad effort! It was pretty popular back in the days before whatsapp and managed to receive over a million hits in it's short life. It was one of the only organised forums in the STa"M world and definitely the largest in it's heyday. I would like to thank all those who cobtributed over the years, particularly the early members who helped build it up. Thanking you all, Eli
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ReplyDeleteWhat is your intent with this post? if you are trying to warn people about the sofer (which I don't think would be right) then why be vague and if you are (properly) trying to avoid naming the sofer and instead raising a general issue for discussion, I would respectfully recommend editing out the location since there are very few soferim out here.
ReplyDeletewe have to be very carefull before posting somebodies wrongdoing without confronting him.Many times i confronted sofrim who were quoted saying certain things and by speakingto them i realised the "quote" was taken out of context.
ReplyDeleteThe sofer in Cederhurst might of found somebody waring arizal tefilin of low or even medium quality,since the person is a godfearing medakdek he recomended the gentleman purchase a new pair adding "especially since your minhag IS BEIS YOSEF I FEEL YOU SHOULD CHANGE"
The sanzer rebbe told people that had minhag of taz to change if they had rambam tefilin.
SEE IGROS MOSHE TO LUBAVITCHER REBBE "although all ksavim are kosher our minhag is ksav beis yosef"
reb shlomo kliger reprimands the "SOFER WHO SAYS SFARDI KSAV IS POSUL SHOULD APOLOGIZE OR BE LASHED"
What seems to be a "side note" in this case see the following teshuva from Shevat HaLevi:
ReplyDeletehttp://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=1420&pgnum=141 (Siman 177)