Sefer Torah Burning…
This is an excerpt from the blog of mekubal.wordpress.com.
The Rav asked what the pedophile had done(amazing not everyone in Nahalaot knows about this), and when the sofer told him, the Rav shook with rage. . . It took him a few moments, and then he said, “Burn it (the Sefer Torah from the pedophile). Blot out every remembrance of him.” He went on for a quite a while explaining al pi sod and other things, why even if you could sell (it) and use the money to help the children, it would still be damaging to them. The best thing of all was simply to burn it.
The Rav asked what the pedophile had done(amazing not everyone in Nahalaot knows about this), and when the sofer told him, the Rav shook with rage. . . It took him a few moments, and then he said, “Burn it (the Sefer Torah from the pedophile). Blot out every remembrance of him.” He went on for a quite a while explaining al pi sod and other things, why even if you could sell (it) and use the money to help the children, it would still be damaging to them. The best thing of all was simply to burn it.
Rocky's comment:
This is the most validating response I’ve seen to this issue. The absolute shock and pain and horror of (even the idea of) burning a sefer Torah resembles the feelings a parent feels when learning that their precious child was burned by the perversity of a child molester.
What about burning the Seforim of Rabbi Moshe Eiseman and Rabbi Mattis Weinberg? Where do we draw the line? What about the last chelek of Igros Moshe that was edited and published by Mordechai Tendler?
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