I received this question via email. I am not really a klaf expert, I was wondering if anyone could answer this question: Dear Rabbi Gutnick, I am writing to you because a good friend of mine has put the idea into my head that the klaf in my tefillin were not really tanned and therefore are not kosher. He referred me to Megilla 19a re diftera. From the research that I have done so far, it seems that the klaf that is used today is tanned only with a lime wash. On all of the tanning websites I’ve seen so far, they say that the lime doesn’t accomplish tanning but only the removal of the hair and some other pre-tanning effects. Would you be able to explain to me or refer me to a website that explains how the tanning process that is used today takes the hide out of the category of diftera? Thank you very much.
The ones likely are Bais Hastam, email Rabbi Traube thesofer@yahoo.com or machon stam might have www.machonstam.com
ReplyDeleteLishkas Hasofer in Monsey carries some supplies. Additionally, I heard about a little "hole-in-the-wall" in Kiryas Yoel and I once ventured out there with a friend and it was the size of a large closet, but packed with interesting and useful supplies and trinkets. I believe it was called Tzorchei ST"aM, but I do not have their contact info on hand. They are also the only place in America that I have seen that carries Eida giddin. If you don't have time to take a trip to KJ, I know of a chashuve sofer in Manhattan who for years has been having them ship him giddin, etc.
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I have supplies too
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