Duchsustus
Duchsustus (Template:Langx, from Greek Script error: No such module "Lang". dyschistos) is the name of a type of parchment used for religious writings in Judaism.[1] It is originally a Greek word and one of three Talmudic names for animal skin. The other two are Template:Transliteration and Template:Transliteration. The meanings of these terms, however, are the subject of controversy in Jewish law.[2][3]
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This instruction is dated to Moses at Mount Sinai.
Maimonides' prescriptions
There are halachic rules for the use of each of the three types of tanned skin.[5] According to Maimonides, Torah scrolls must be written on g'vil only on the side on which the hair had grown, and never on duchsustos (understood as the half-skin from the flesh side).[5] Phylacteries, if written on k'laf, must be written on the flesh side.[5] A mezuzah, when written on duchsustos, must be written on the hair side.[5] It is unacceptable to write on the hair side of k'laf or on the flesh side of g'vil and duchsustos.[5]
References
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- ↑ a b c d e Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ("Maimonides"), "Tefillin, Mezuzah and Sefer Torah" - Chapter One, translated by Eliyahu Touger, on Chabad.org. Accessed 9 March 2024.