0. Introduction to Tying and Untying

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Introduction: The following chapter will discuss when and when not one may tie a knot on Shabbos. Doing so involves at times a Biblical prohibition, at others a Rabbinical prohibition, and at others is completely allowed. This is dependent […]

Removing wax or ink blotches

May one remove wax blotches [as well as other forms of blotches] from letters of a Sefer Torah and does it invalidate the Torah? First Opinion[1]: If there is wax [or other blotch] on a letter and the letter is not recognizable due to this then the sefer is invalid […]

General Summary-The Smearing prohibition

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here General Summary-The Smearing prohibition:[1] It is a Biblical prohibition to smear and consequently smoothen wax and material of the like. It is thus forbidden to cover a hole with wax or even congealed oil and fat due to a […]