Growth on Bayis, Snapped Bayis, Stuck Parshios
February 7, 2010 - כג שבט תשע by Melech
Filed under Diary of a sofer: See the issues that Rabbi Michaels deals with on a daily basis.
Today I looked at a set of tefillin that had some kind of substance on the bottem of the shel rosh. It looks to me like a chatziztah (barier) between the shel rosh (head tefillin) and the wearer. The parshios were so tight in the battim that I couldn’t get them out. I will give them to my battim expert, Yehuda Meir Guttman who will take them out for me (in the secrecy of his office). The shel yad was so brittle and dry it cracked into two when I opened it.
New Megillos For Sale
February 3, 2010 - יט שבט תשע by Melech
Filed under Megillah For Sale, Uncategorized
The pictured megillos are available. Please call for more details. 845-290-2546. If you don’t see what you are looking for, let me know. The actual klaf is whiter than it appears in most of the pictures.
$1650.00
11.75 inches, 21 line HaMelech Megillah $1000
This 11 line megillah is only 4.25 in. from top to bottem. $1400
Used Megillah For Sale: $450.00
February 3, 2010 - יט שבט תשע by Melech
Filed under Megillah, Megillah For Sale, Uncategorized
This Megillah is about sixty years old. The writing is nice and for the most part strong and black, but there are some spots that are fading. I am selling it ‘as is’. I will not put time into fixing up the faded spots because that would necessitate raising the price. If you have $600 to spend you should go with a new megillah. This megillah is right for you if $450 is your limit. If you look closely you will see that somebody wrote in some of the cantillation marks. You will also notice that the last amud (column) was rewritten and sewn on.
Here is a closeup of a part that has some fading. Most of the megillah is in better condition than this spot.