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...
Could these be retzuot which were never caught after the earlier controversy?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vosizneias.com/112260/2012/08/23/new-york-the-tefillin-strap-retzuos-controversy/
This was posted in detail on this site several weeks ago
ReplyDeleteI saw it earlier, but I wasn't sure what it was about. I was hoping someone would comment in english concerning the article.
Deletehttp://chareidi.org/archives5775/mattos/atefillinmts75.htm
DeleteThank you
DeleteThe issue in 2012 was due to paint that peeled and even happened to a reliable maker and is not associated to the present issues. Rabbi Hoffman raised a concern about the paint and the leather and it's possible that he was on to something then regarding the retzuos made by the unreliable maker (under the unreliable hechsher.)
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