Timeline for Cleaning a Torah Scroll
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| Oct 19, 2018 at 5:27 | vote | accept | Cyn | ||
| Oct 18, 2018 at 16:40 | comment | added | ezra | @NoachMiFrankfurt You can get different grades. There are industrial cleaning microfibers down to the kind you clean glasses with, and even softer than that. | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 16:06 | comment | added | Noach MiFrankfurt | @ezra, that might be a bit too course for a Torah | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 15:20 | answer | added | Monica Cellio | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 6, 2018 at 18:14 | comment | added | Cyn | DanF: Yes, deerskin vellum seems to be very rare. Fortunately, our Torah scrolls don't have any must or other odor. But we don't have high humidity here. You would be welcome to visit our shul (north of San Francisco) but please keep in mind that we are not Orthodox; it is Reconstructionist. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 17:18 | comment | added | DanF | "deerskin vellum" - I gather that these are rare to find. If I'm out on the West Coast, I would consider visiting your shul just to see these. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 17:14 | comment | added | DanF | This is a great practical question for me. I'm our shul's Torah reader, not the Torah care-taker. But, as I read from these "beauties" each week (some seforim more frequently than others), I like to keep them in good shape. I'll ask around, and I hope that in addition to finding something to clean it, maybe someone could recommend a product to keep it smelling less "foul" and perhaps prevent the musty smell, to a degree. It's inevitable that old shuls such as mine don't have the best "weather environment" for Sifrei Torah. Maybe, I will ask a related question. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 16:10 | comment | added | Cyn | Apparently, the backs of the scrolls tend to flake off over time, creating dust. It's minute, but adds up over time. I could see for myself how the text of our newer scroll visibly darkened after a swipe with the tissue. The vellum also brightened a bit. With the older scroll, there was just as much dust, but the visible changes were slight. We were told that this cleaning helps preserve the scrolls as well. It's apparently part of maintenance. We didn't know! | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 14:26 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | @Kazibácsi it sounds like it makes them easier to read. I hope a sofer will weigh in on this question. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 14:04 | comment | added | Kazi bácsi | What is the benefit of cleaning the scrolls (besides the evident risk of making them invalid)? | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackJudaism/status/1048135710363009026 | ||
| Oct 5, 2018 at 7:30 | comment | added | Menachem | anti-static cloth -- amazon.com/Kinetronics-Anti-static-Microfiber-Cloth-10x18-Inch/… | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 6:29 | comment | added | mroll | Maybe just pressurized air? | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 5:15 | comment | added | ezra | I would recommend using a microfiber cloth. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 5:05 | history | edited | Alex |
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| Oct 5, 2018 at 5:02 | history | asked | Cyn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |