Commentary for Menachot 69:14

אמר רבא הא דאמרת שתים כשירות לא אמרן אלא זה שלא כנגד זה אבל זה כנגד זה פסולות וזה כנגד זה נמי לא אמרן אלא בחדתתא אבל בעתיקתא לית לן בה

R'Huna said, As long as the surface of the sides<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the external sides of the box, or the sides which form the divisions between the compartments.');">¹⁹</span> of the tefillin is whole they are valid. R'Hisda said, two [sides]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to Maim. (v. Yad, Tef. III, 18 and Kesef Mishneh a.l.) the reference is to the stitching of the tefillin, and the rules are here stated where two or more stitches had snapped.');">²⁰</span>

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