Commentary for Menachot 69:15

אמר ליה אביי לרב יוסף היכי דמיין חדתתא והיכי דמיין עתיקתא אמר ליה כל היכא כי מיתלי ביה בשלחא והדר חלים עתיקתא ואידך חדתתא

were split they are still valid; but if three, they are invalid. Said to him Raba, Your ruling th two [sides] were split they are still valid is true only if [the rents were] not facing each other,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or: next to each other, i.e., in adjoining compartments.');">²¹</span> but if they were facing each other they are invalid. And even if they were facing each other [they are invalid] only if they were new<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For it is evident that the leather was of an inferior quality.');">²²</span> [tefillin], but if they were old it would not matter. Abaye asked R'Joseph, What is meant by new, and what by old? He replied, If when one stretches the leather it rebounds, it is old; otherwise it is new.

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