Rip in Yeriah
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...
put a matlis on from behind with PVA glue
ReplyDeleteElmer wood glue is very strong and good for a Matlit. Some time ago I talked to a chemist at the company and he assured me that all ingredients are synthetic, no animal ingredients.
ReplyDeleteThere are two different materials called PVA.
ReplyDelete1) polyvinyl acetate
2) polyvinyl alcohol
The first one is a good adhesive and is used in Elmer (and others) wood glue.
The second one is highly water sensitive and quickly deteriorates in humidity.
Use only the first one. Never use the second one.
Instead of a matlit of k'laf you could also use Goldbeater's skin that has been prepared lishmah - I recently got a local Rabbi/shochet to make this for me and it is excellent for rips as it is very thin but very tough.
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