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    eee eed Interview with Rav Aryeh Schechter - Safrus, Tefilin and Mezuzos fuamMosw Bora ____ he Ari HaKdosh writes that Ttroduction: The following ath checking Mezuzot ie not only i cle is based upon an interview with portant because they may have be av Aryeh Schechter Shlits Rav come Parl. In addition, when the Schechter is a Sofer Stam in Boro words ofthe Menuzah are read, this ark who inspects Menuzos and Te- stuf brings Kedasha,boines, nto fin. He is also one of the authors the hows, and clears the howre from of a Mezuzos Encyclopedia called impunity. PischetShearim, which deals with Question: Could you give ws the Halachor of Mensros some sores how the Mezzo area Shemirah forthe house? “Answer Sure. There war person ‘who war mated fr many yest and fide have any children, He wens to Rav Chaim Kanievaky Shits, who suggested that the person check llthe ‘Mezuzos and snitch chose tat were not totally Mehudar. This was done, [Anewer, This is quite advisable, In facu 1 have often seen people making errors about placing the Meruzth corey, Its wlee having an expert check where the Menuzos ‘belong. Surprisingly in one house 1 found Mezizos on all the bathrooms (ovhere one i not allowed to put Me- ‘uzot), Dut wae missing Mezuzoe fon some doors that are obligated to Ihave Merszoe! Unfortnately, no fone fold them anything, and luckly the “house cll” wae able to correct, this. ‘Another tie I went to a large mansion ona house al and 18 me ‘cor were ising! The owner wa shocked because he had had many tad one Menszah that wae of lower distinguished Rabapim visit his ‘qual wae replaced with e MebEat 5.4, gespie sive naw BOM Sn none of them ever com tne. Boruch Hashem ths person had 4 ‘mented on the misting mezutor. He many children aierwards andisnow be the same sie a the Teflin Shel asked his ov Rav asa second opi ‘Question: Could you explain the marrying them ot Rosh and that the height be same as ion, to come and check his hots, linportance of checking Mezuzor? Rav Deutch Shite is well known the wide, Ia fact, the Rav Shlchan and the Rav confirmed that I wat Answer The Shela HaKadosh says a the founder of the Living Torah Aruch (2:65) write thatthe Tefi-_ right that the Mitrvah of mezueah i also Musuem in Boro Park and upstate lin Shel Yad se vevilly 3 to 4 mes A howe ell can ensure thatthe a Shemirah, something that guards New York. This summer, he asked nower than the Teflin Shel Rosh, Mezszos are placed propery. that ‘oerhome Thisieseenbya statement meta check all the Merszoein both Addstonally, he wstesthat the Min. they are on the doorposts tht are fof Charl which relates etory about locations as a Segulahto be able to hag isto have Tefln Shel Yad tall obligated, and not where one is not Rav Yehuda HaNasiand Artevin the sella special tone that wis aunigue and nazzow. The reaton for thi ie obligated. Ar one example of the King of Persia. Once Arevin senda artifact [the ollet Hebrew text in thatthe enire Bays of Tein must above, sti 2 major Shallh where ‘very expensive jeel asa present to the world). (He was uying to sel it fit on the place i is required to be the Mezuzah should be placed onthe Rav Yehuda HaNasi and Rav Yehu- so he would beable to aise funds to Lehalacha right side beteeen the dining room As reciprocated hy sending Artevin expand the museum} Heasked fhe Having the narrower Teflln Shel_ and the living room. An expert in A'mevucah Arevin war quite sir- could make small payments for until Yad i actualy a great maalak and Hiehos Mezuzah wil beable to give prised and asked Ray Yehuda HaNe- after the Yomi Tovim Laccepte, hiddur, ae thie enables one to place advice on tis situation, ithe following question; Lvent you I checked the Mezwon, and re- ion the part ofthe iceps level to. Question Ie one obligated to put 4 present that was very expensive, plced ones that were missing du tothe heart so one can be Yate! most up Menuzos on the door from as el Whereas you sent me a something constant construction, opinions. In contact, ig Teflin are evtor? that is much less expensive and to” Shordlyalter Ray Deutch finished Lable jeopardize the Miva “Answer: Rav Moshe Shternbuch tally ncomparable in valve? Rav Ye- paying afer the Yomim Tovim, there ate now Tein Shel Yad Shita holds that one should put the buds HaNei replied (humorouely) old thie epecal stone for approxi- avaiable that are narrow and yet Mezuzos up an the right side from by saying that eventhough you sent mately 1 milion dollar! tall enough forthe average Pazshios there one goes from the elevstor re an expensive gif Inow have to Question: What are some other (somewhat higher than its width). tothe room (The Menuzah should pay for guards to guard it {Nowa- storesinvolved in people paying for Once Rav Chaim Stein z'(Rosh be put on the stationary frame, and days he would have to even insure Bedi, checking Mentos? ‘Yeshiva ip Tela) asked me why I noton the moving box) 1k} However, the gif [gave you in Answer I often ured to goto the make Teflin Shel Yad that are taller Question: Do you have other in recuinira Shemirah, something that house of my Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Av- than the wrual ones, [explained to stances where the placements ofthe fguirds you and your entire esate. rohiom Pam x1 to check his Menu him thatthe Tein ae not aller at Merzoe were querionabe? {Aran aide, some say that Artevin os, Afler checking them, the Rosh all Rather, sincethe Tellinaremade Answer Tonce sted the famous vas Jewish, which ie wehy Rav Yehs- Yeshiva would always give my aseie-atrower itmerely give aller im. Belzer Beis HaKeneses sn Veruca daHaNasisenthimemenuzah,since tanta S40up before evenasking how pression. After this, he saw my point the Mitzvah applied to him} uch he oted for the Bedikas Me. and encouraged olhes to get these 1,000 Meruzos. Although they had This shows we the correct ap-runos. The hiddur mitzvah for Rav TeSlin. Many Gedole HaPoskim Mezuzos on all the elevators, stl proach to appreciating quality Me- Pam was that he expressed sppreci- hold thet ths is actully a Hidur noticed tht there were afew places Datos Besies the actthatthe Torah ation to everyone involved with the for the above reason. In addition, that one could argu are obligated in tells ws to pot up Mezuzos, they are mitevah. Twas alwaye so impresed many Roshei Yeshiva, inclading Rav Mezuzos and didnot have them. I also a Shemutah forthe entite house, with how happily Rav Pam would Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg 2 en- told the proper authorities, and they both inancilly and physialy. pay. He wae fll of joy to be able to couraged people to use these type of sid thatthe Belzer Poskim would The Shela Hakadosh specifies hepartof the mitzvah of mesusah, Tein ook into whether these places were thatthe shah comes fom thehid- Question: Does the Tetlin Shel Question: sit recommended to obligated in Mezuzos dur (besuting)mitevah being ex Yad have tobe the same size ag the have a Sofer make a "house call’ to My son lve in one of the apa ten catefal geting the beet that you Teli Shel Rosh? check on the Menizos, and verify ment complexes is Yerusalayim ‘Answer: Thee is « misconcep- where the Menuzos do and don'the- in Cenler One. I noiced that there tion thatthe Teflin Shel Yad as to long? cowimcbouract va werent any Mezunosin the stalsways that were sed primal on Shabbos brought thi to his attention as he islearing these Halachos to become 2 Rav ott of town, He looked into ‘hie and in fact installed Menazo® all ‘over the compleres in thot stairway doors Twat once seated nest to Rav Vosner ona plane ride to Bret Ys roel and we were discussing whet rth entrance ofthe leach scport feeds mesuzos. He confirmed that the main door ie counted as Shaar Hamidinah, and it does need a me- zuzah, I happened to have an extra tmesuzah, Afr landing, a 1 went through the door into Eretz Yisroel T quickly ited may hand to the doo post and axed the mezuzah with Aouble sided tape ‘Question: What is your opinion concerning the new black Retzuos that are dyed completely through, resulting inthe Retzos being Slack fon both sides? Why was this not done previously? “Aner: Let we backtrack a ite bic Tira Halacha LeMoshe MiSinai thatthe outer side ofthe Reta has tobeblack Ledina, according tothe scualhalacha the other side ofthe Retnuosisnot required tobeblack ft ‘an be painted any color you desire besides red (ef Shuldhan Aruch O.C a) “The opinion ofthe Rambam and {he Ariel is that the Reteuoe should beblackon both side. Theoretically itis a Hidur that both sides of the Retnuos should be black, However, for many years this was not prac. tea. Teven tried to produce rach Retzvos around 20 years ago and ‘hey Toe the color om the opposite fide just after 6 months of wearing hem. The only way to ensure they ‘would stay black was to saturate the fetauos in the dye. The problem is tbat they would get extremely stil) and uncomfortable. Finally, «new system was developed using chem teas, which made Retavor that are completely dyed in back, ae back through and through, yet remain soft and flexible. These new Ret tuo never need painting, Infact ven ifthe top part of these Retzuos ts peled off for whatever reaton) they will stl remain Kosher, as the Retauos are Black through and through, “This is a big Maalah, especially ‘because some people haves problem maintaining the Shacharus, black ness, of their Retzuos, specifically ‘where they tighten the knot With he new type af Retzvos, which ae back ‘rough and through, one doesn't have t9 worry that they wil fade af ter some time. The Minchas Blozor fom Munckatch wed to complain, ‘Shoes we Blacken every week but Retasor oncein 3.3 year?” Rav Shmuel Worner 2° said that one doesn't have to go out and change his Retruos to tis new type fof Retzuos. However, shone i any. ‘ways purchasing new Retruos and decides to epend extra to get this type (that sre black through and through), then Tavo Alay Beracha, heshould be Blessed. Lemaaseh, both types are aval able: Some people prefer the new lope of Retetos forthe Rashi Tet lin that they wear most ofthe time of Davening and the regular pe of Retnos for the Rebbeina Tam Tet in thats not wom as much. This wl also help in distinguishing between these two typer of Teflia, ‘Question ist mportant to have Bar Mitevah Bachor meet he Sofer fom whom he buys the Tellin? ‘Answer: itis important that the Sofet show the Bar Mitzvah Bo- chur the proper place to put on the ‘Tellin’ He should meet with the Bar Mitzvah Bochur both before he stars puting them on, and also a ‘umber of week later. This wll hep ‘mare that the Bat Mitzvah Bochar ie putting on hie Tellin on the place. It should be mentioned that the Mishnah Berurah writes that i “Teflin is put on in the wrong place, then ssa £3 etl iting i te ‘Tein Zeke (Teflin bag) Bee eed Interview with Rav Aryeh Schechter - Safrus, Tefilin and Mezuzos Question: Can you give ws an ex ample ofthe above? “Answer: Sore. The Tefilin come in aprotecive box. One Bar Mirah Bochur forgot to remove the Tell box before putting on is Tein Shel ‘Yad and no one noticed, Lucky vas able spot i took him toa side fd point out to him. so he could bbe ote the msitsvah properly and avoid any embarrassment. T remember another Bat Mitz ‘ah boy in Camp Agudah who had “efi Shel Rosh without the Shins. Meanwhile hie Tetlin Shel Yad had Shins, Rav Viste] Belsky 2° said vas obvious that the person who ted the knots had accidentally itched the Bat ofthe Teflin Shel Yad and Shel Rosh. Quicky, the Roh Yeshi ‘vaunted the Tein and retied them comedy. Chazal say a Talmid Cho, thom has to know how to tie these knot (in eae of emergency) ‘Question: What isthe Halacha regarding the Tefiin for alefy? Answer The halacke ie that Te fii should be put on the weaker Inand, on the hand that isnot wed for iting, of the hand thtiecloeer to the earl. For 99% ofthe people st isthe le hand. Fone isa ley this strength and his writing is in ie et ‘hand, then (according tomas opin ons) he should puthisTefin os his right hand (even though thal sti not the hand closer to bis hear’). Bot what fhe hall lefty? For example, {man who ha his main strength in fone hand, but writes with the oth tr hand, then there isa Machlokes ‘which bande shold pu the Teflin tn, According tothe Mechaber, the hand which has the main strength overrides the hand that he waites ‘with, So, if the main strength isin the right hand buthe writes with the left an, then be should ail put on the Teflin as aright The Rema di agrees, He quotes the Minhag that, the hand that waiter overrides the weaker hand. Inthe above cas that the main iength isin the righthand ‘bat one writes with the lft hand), the Tein shouldbe puto sa ley Lemaaseh, some Poskisn sty that this case the person should put on the Teflin like the Rema during davening and then he should pat on “Tefln like the Mechaber ater dav ning, Some requice the person to spend extra money to have two Ba tum of Teflln Shel Yad. ‘Bot what about the hand closer to the heart? The Mein indeed olds that even a total ley shoulé pt on the Teflin on heeft hand, Keneged Haley. (Agay, the Salar Rav "1 hha a tshura to another Rav whose son was a complete lefty. The Divrey Yor! writes tht ite aur for even a total lefty to wear Tein on his right hand during davening, and af ter davening put on another pit of ‘Teflln Shel Yad on hslet had cos certo bis heart. One shosld not pot fn Tellin during Chazaras Hashate (Pei Megadim) (Question: What fsomcone has a Dart that inverted? "Anerer: This i « medical con {ition called Dextrocardia that ‘occurs though quite infrequently {around in 10,000 people have this

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