(False) Accusations Of Kehot Forgery

[imayid2]

He was 4 years old at the printing according to what you’ve posted, so why is that significant?

In general when the evidence doesn’t materialize to clear it up it’s a cause for much dubiousness. Although here there is a recent claim that it did, so I’d like to know more about it.

[AsherO]

shearis
https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%93%22%D7%A5_%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C

So it’s קמח ישן for sure

[gozalim]

So it’s קמח ישן for sure

ישן שאפילו חדש אין בו

[gozalim]

In general when the evidence doesn’t materialize to clear it up it’s a cause for much dubiousness. Although here there is a recent claim that it did, so I’d like to know more about it.

the evidence was there and offered in 5714. nobody drove down to lakewood to deliver it to you.
additional corroborating evidence was cited in the 5752 printing of the book, had you cared to look.

and multiple of the original 5644 editions at auction contain both versions, which coroborates that the correction goes back to the first printing, i.e. author's correction to the printing

[gozalim]

He was 4 years old at the printing according to what you’ve posted, so why is that significant?

his version was one that his father would have been involved in. it would be strange for him to hear about it years later from a third party had he never heard it from his father.

[imayid2]

Doesn’t it sound like from this letter that the content very much played a role here?

[imayid2]

the evidence was there and offered in 5714. nobody drove down to lakewood to deliver it to you.
additional corroborating evidence was cited in the 5752 printing of the book, had you cared to look.

and multiple of the original 5644 editions at auction contain both versions, which coroborates that the correction goes back to the first printing, i.e. author's correction to the printing

So funny how people remain skeptical in the face of overwhelming evidence.

[gozalim]

So funny how people remain skeptical in the face of overwhelming evidence.

troll's gonna troll.
that was the point that I accused you of not being imparital

[gozalim]

Doesn’t it sound like from this letter that the content very much played a role here?

1. where is this from

2. I have, for the length of this thread, not gotten into the interpretation of the language. I think it's pretty clear, but I don't have the patience to argue it. I have, throughout this discussion, referred to the story on its own merits.

[gozalim]

and regarding the brackets: there's diplomacy in giving benefit of the doubt about how high the rot runs, don't abuse it
(like the AR smile to his interrogators)

[imayid2]

and regarding the brackets: there's diplomacy in giving benefit of the doubt about how high the rot runs, don't abuse it

Perhaps he sees it as a great disrespect to the גר״א, a beis medrash he’s devoted his life to, similar to how you are reacting to what you perceive as a great disrespect to the beis medrash you belong to.

[imayid2]

1. where is this from

The source is referenced is the footnote this whole thing started from

[gozalim]

Perhaps he sees it as a great disrespect to the גר״א, a beis medrash he’s devoted his life to, similar to how you are reacting to what you perceive as a great disrespect to the beis medrash you belong to.

get your timeline straight.
The גרא was no longer among us many years before the printing in 5644
But I'll agree that bracket is hardly relevant here

[gozalim]

The source is referenced is the footnote this whole thing started from

who is the letter from /to?

[imayid2]

get your timeline straight.
The גרא was no longer among us many years before the printing in 5644

Relevance?

[gozalim]

Relevance?

nobody is accusing this rot of running that high.
But agreed not relevant to this discussion

[imayid2]

who is the letter from /to?

I have not verified but it sounds like from the Rebbe to רב אברהם חן

[gozalim]

That being said, having purchased the עוז והדר edition, I deeply regret that choice, as קהת did an incomparable job, totally outweighing that specific personal concern.

As the saying goes, hate makes waste.
The quicker you get over your prejudices the happier you'll be

[imayid2]

As the saying goes, hate makes waste.
The quicker you get over your prejudices the happier you'll be

Lol I purchased it years before I read about this, for no reason other than it was cheaper, without realizing the work קהת put in.

[gozalim]

Lol I purchased it years before I read about this, for no reason other than it was cheaper, without realizing the work קהת put in.

my apologies and condolences then