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Uri- I think making up a fake Rashi and then passing that off to children as Halacha lmaysa – and the one publishing such a dvd and sendig it to the masses – is the one who lost their mind. Your commenting without knowing/watching the video is also quite telling and humorous

Is that why their symbol is a five dollar bill? To show everyone it’s just about money? That also really bothers me as a chillul Hashem, by the way, goyim just see a Jewish person driving a car with a smiling five dollar bill on his car. Don’t you think that also is borderline of a chilul hashem? Couldn’t they have some other symbol for people to put on bumper stickers?

(I am waiting for a different comment of mine to be moderated, so I won’t repeat those points.)
butisit- I understand it is just about fundraising. But does it make sense that they can send anything they want out to little kids b/c it’s for fundraising? You would be okay with them telling children to close their eyes and play in streets or that they don’t need to wear seatbelts because they believe in Hashem? Everything is fine because it is just there to make money??!! Does that make sense to you? How about: swim without an adult around, Hashem protects you as long as you don’t serve idols? This sounds sane to you? Is there no limit?

Do you think children getting mauled by animals (chas v’shalom) is a joke? Do you remember what happened last year? I cry when I look at this https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1258547/horror-orthodox-jewish-toddler-viciously-attacked-by-pitt-bull-in-spring-valley-video-and-photos.html . You think it’s because the kid worshipped idols?

It was the Animal section in Shmorg 9

Reb Doniel – I don’t think most people are aware what it is they need to be looking for, and what makes something mehudar. Also, as you said, it has to be a “reputable” tikkun sofrim.

Veltz- Yes. That’s not exactly the problem. But, yes, that’s the point of this post, to make sure people are aware of the issues and purchase from a reputable source.

Twisted: I think that’s mostly if you have old/cheap klaf

Meneachem Melamed: Well said. (I think the only issue is sometimes the seller might not know the sofer.) I am happy with ZichronOlam.com cause I know the Star K has checked out the Soferim and they are giving their hechsher that the Mezuzos/Tefillin/sefer torah are Mehudar and written by “Mehudar” people.

ItcheSrulik: You’re right. My friend thinks Mehudar start at $65 in NY; so I’m sure there are slightly cheaper places (I guess it might also depend on the shekel rate etc?). I live “out of town” so I prices are usually slightly higher.

I am a ba’al korei, so I looked through plenty of mezuzos before I purchased mine. The issue is that I didn’t know the details. Apparently none of my Lamed’s had tagin (the crowns) and that’s a clear Halacha in the Shulchan Aruch (that I didn’t know about, cause I never learned Hilchos Mezuzah). Once I bought them and I didn’t know better then it becomes a machlokes whether it’s considered l’chatchila or b’dieved etc. etc… And I bought mine from a person whose sofer seems to be a total yarei shamayim! (the sofer didn’t write them, he just looked them over). The point is, just cause the seller is an honest person, doesn’t mean that the person who wrote your Mezuzah is honest (or knowledgable!) As the article said “50% of STAM are written by people who do not have a ksav kabbalah”. I’m not embarrassed to say that I ordered 10 Mezuzos from zichronolam, it’s a mitzvah d’oraysa, i’d rather buy one with a hechsher and not have to worry it was written by an Arab or someone writing it “l’shem kedushas kesef” (to make money)