Comments on: Safrus Scandal: Beautiful STaM Discovered to be Fraudulent

By: Ask

Ask — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 04:31:47 +0000

I purchased a sefer Torah, and the broken gave me the sofer’s info.

I purchased tefilin for my son, from a different person. He did the same

I only purchase mezuzah from a sofer that has yiras shamayim and I trust that he only gets highly quality (beruchnius) for resale

It’s not hard. Do your homework

If the broker has something to hide, it’s a red flag and you can easily find someone with transparency

You would never use a contractor without reaching them, so do the same here

In all honesty, such purchases for your family are infrequent so it’s not out of reach to be on top of such matters

By: shaimos?

shaimos? — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 03:22:46 +0000

If someone did buy something written by the fraud, does it go into shaimos?

By: Ploni

Ploni — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:42:59 +0000

The stories and history are nice but out of place. A calamity – thousands of lost Mitzvos and Berachos Levatala – need not be sandwiched between tidbits of history where it loses effect because K’var Haya L’olamim.It is very sad if his last certificate is from 5765. It is very sad that dealers purchase Stam overseas without knowing who and what. It is ludicrous to expect buyers to know who wrote their Stam when sellers will rarely share that info.

By: Computerized tracing system needs to be created

Computerized tracing system needs to be created — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 23:04:40 +0000

A new system needs to be created where every piece of stam should be registered and have a recorded traceability to the sofer who made it.

It doesn’t have to be obligatory to use, but the use of such a system will tell everyone that Socher is using a higher standard, and this will naturally become the sought after system.

By: The main issue is not being discussed

The main issue is not being discussed — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 04:31:01 +0000

When will the Sochrim that sell STaM start being transparent about where they get their teffilin and mezuzos from?
Anyone that dealt with Sochrim that sell STaM and has a little bit of knowledge in the industry knows that Sochrim often refuse to say which sofrim they get from.
How can every person do his due diligence if the Sochrim refuse to reveal who the Sofer is, or give identities that after some research turned out to be fake (both happened to me personally)?
I understand it will undermine their business if people could go directly to the source, but obviously such considerations can’t be taken if the Kashrus of the STaM is in question.

By: Trying to find out

Trying to find out — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 01:09:00 +0000

Can you please list the stores in crown heights which sold his STAM?