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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING
TEFILLIN MEZUZOT AND SIFRE TORAH
One of my buyers recently informed
me that there are great problems with the KLAF
(Parchment used for writing the Parashiot in Tefillin,
Mezuzot and Sifre Torah) that don’t have any HECHSHER
(Rabbinic Certificate). Up until now I relied on two
very well respected SOFRIM as well as on some
wholesalers who said that the KLAF was fine. (And all my
fellow Sofrim also relied on the opinion of those in
whom I relied).
I got in contact with two
Rabbis who are known for their fear of Hashem, in order
to ask from them what I needed to do according to the
Halacha.
One of theses Rabbis told me to
call three of my costumers and to ask them if they
thought that the Klaf in which I wrote the Parashiot for
their Tefillin had a Hechsher, and if it would be good
for them a Klaf with no Hechsher?
The first buyer said: I always
look for a Sofer who complies with all the stringencies
of the Halacha and he gives me a Klaf without Hechsher?
Woe to me, I paid $1,200 for Parashiot and you still
have a doubt whether I am mindful of the Hechsher? You
know what? I know nothing about Hechsherim but I tell
you something: It is all your responsibility, I am no
Sofer and I know nothing about the Klaf, all I know is
that I paid for the best possible Parashiot and I expect
them to be fully Kosher. I relied on you, because
supposedly you were trustworthy, so all the
responsibility is on your shoulders and if the Parashiot
for the Tefillin and Mezuzot are not as required by the
Halacha then you are a thief and a robber!!! What? Not
to observe the Mitzvah of Tefillin? And on top of that
to say blessings in vain every day? Who knows how much I
have suffered because of these Parashiot that you sold
me! I can not believe we have fallen so low! You ask me
if I mind about the Klaf having Hechsher or not? This is
not supposed to happen among Chassidim! Woe to us! Now I
know why I have had so many problems and afflictions.
Somehow in the same fashion the
other two costumers answered me.
Then I again called the two
Rabbanim who had told me to call my costumers and I
related to them what my costumers said to me, and I
asked the Rabbis what should I do next, What is the
halacha requires regarding all the Tefillin, the Mezuzot
and the Sifre Torah that I have written until now?
The Rabbanim ordered me to publish
in the newspaper this story exactly as it happened, and
to write that since an inadvertent sin came from me when
I relied on that great Sofer that lives in Yerushalaim
and the other great Sofer that lives in Brooklyn, that
they told me that the Klaf I have been using is Kosher
[Even knowing the fact that this particular Klaf came
from someone who did not have a Hechsher, and it is
known that these Klafim have many problems, only that I
did not know], therefore in order to correct my sin I
stand ready and obliged according to the Halacha (See
Mikdash Meat Siman 271, Bet Yosef Orach Chayyim Siman
454, Rokeach, Hagaot Maimoni, Divre Geonim, Chukat ha
Pesach Siman 453, Darche Teshuva Yore Deah Siman 117)
regarding theft to acknowledge my actions and according
to the Halachot of deception, robbing money and robbing
the mind, I am ready to return to everyone of my buyers
the money they have paid for the Tefillin, Mezuzot and
Sifre Torah that they have bought from me, or I am ready
to write new Tefillin, Mezuzot and Sifre Torah for them
at no cost. And from this moment onwards I will only
write on a Klaf with Hechsher of the Bet Din Tzeddek of
Yerushalaim Ir Ha Koddesh.
With Blessings for a Ketiva and
Chatima Tova
Yours Simcha Bunim
Greenberg
Those who bought from me know my
telephone number therefore I saw no need to write it |
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