Duchsustus
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According to the Talmud, a Torah scroll should, ideally, be written on Script error: No such module "lang"., but may also be on Script error: No such module "lang".; Script error: No such module "lang". must be written on Script error: No such module "lang".; and mezuzot may be written on Script error: No such module "lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., or Script error: No such module "lang"..[4] Script error: No such module "lang". is the animal's dermis, Script error: No such module "lang". is the epidermis, and Script error: No such module "lang". is both layers tanned and unseparated.
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 gevil 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 klaf, 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 klaf or on the flesh side of gevil 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.
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