A sefer Torah where the klaf is very puffy and does not roll smoothly is there a way to fix it?
I feel that it is more prone for letters to crack since it cannot roll smoothly around the eitz hachayim.
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...
Without seeing the Torah in question it is difficult to tell but one thing that can be useful is to add extra gum arabic into the ink recipe as it is this ingredient that makes the ink more flexible/stretchy and could help it adhere better in the future when it is being rolled.
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