Рост спроса на тфилин выявил проблемы в цепочке поставок и необходимость усиления контроля

Who's really making the tefillin you ordered? Public demand for increased oversight can end the horror stories It began as an initiative to provide soldiers with tefillin, but as the demand increased, so did the sources of procurement – which led to some alarming discoveries within the sta”m industry. What happens between the sofer and the final sale? And, where are many high-volume dealers actually obtaining their merchandise? Yet, as with all consumer fields, public demand for increased oversight can put an end to the horror stories The waning sun’s rays were peeking through the slats of the metal rolling shutters, the cooling twilight air filling the small Jerusalem apartment. Rabbi Kuti Meyudovnik sat at the small, crowded table, covered with half-rolled scrolls, open tefillin batim, and wooden mezuzah cases, observing the veteran magihah as he sat hunched over the pristine black box in his hands, carefully removing the delicate stitches and revealing the compartment within. Kuti was confident that the 60 pairs of tefillin he’d brought to this trusted sofer sta”m for inspection would be in decent shape. The crisp, newly painted batim looked and smelled so fresh, one could almost make a bircas harei’ach on them before making the actual brachah on the mitzvah. The corners were perfectly sharp, and the straps were glistening black, clearly fashioned with meticulous attention to halachic requirements. Still, none of that precluded Kuti from bringing the tefillin for inspection before passing them on. In the wake of the October 7 massacres and the ensuing spiritual arousal, Kuti, the administrator of Chabad Tefen — an outreach center for the Tefen Industrial Park and surrounding northern towns and IDF bases — began distributing tzitzis to IDF soldiers. Tzitzis led to siddurim, and soon, to a far more costly and daring initiative: providing soldiers with their own pairs of tefillin. And while the thousands of items Kuti had distributed up to that point had been covered by small donations, the tefillin initiative required a much larger donor base. Create a free account to keep reading.