Comments on: Imagine You Heard This Before Your Plane Took Off

By: Ploni

Ploni — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:24:09 +0000

In reply to Mvogel. I too bought Mezuzos from a well known locale and several were found to be Pasul from day 1. When I informed the seller, they did not even deem it appropriate to reply. Buyers beware: do some research before you buy, and/or try to buy with a reliable Hechsher.

By: "certification" has it's issues too...

"certification" has it's issues too... — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 06:23:10 +0000

Although inexperienced and overconfident soferim is certainly an issue, the one certifying agency likes to play politics, some perfectly qualified soferim choose not to get certified for that reason.
In addition I’d like to ask if the “va’ad” would accept that sochrem should be expected to divulge more then “I trust them he has a certificate and a kosher phone” to their buyers?
If you expect a high level of yoras shamayim and kashrus, why should the consumer just trust a socher who is most certainly nogea bedavar.
Some of these people make there money off besmirching others.

By: Mvogel

Mvogel — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 04:30:28 +0000

I just had all of my mezuzos checked last week by a store in crown heights, and all of them were found to be completely possul… I had just bought them about a year ago from a different crown heights store. These are mehudar Alter Rebbe mezuzos (supposed to be at least).. How is it possible that all four mezuzos were possul? How can you sell someone possule (and expensive) mezuzos—were they not checked before selling them??

And I’ve heard that this is a very widespread issue..