Thank you for commenting on my ink article. In your comment you stated: "Many poskim disagree... Many rishonim have clearly stated the use of our ingredients." Would you please be kind enough to teach us (so I can include it in the article) which Poskim and what exactly and where did they say that the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink is preferable over good quality דיו עשן that does not fail? We are not interested in biased פילפולים , or in those who said that דיו עשן is not being used because it fails easily or because it was not known how to make good quality דיו עשן. Nor are we interested in those who said to use עפצים וקנקנתום וגומא ואין לשנות when they discussed specifically the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink. We are interested to find out where and who (if any) said explicitly, based on sources, that the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink is preferable over good quality דיו עשן , even when there is דיו עשן of good quality that does not ...
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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)