Commentary for Menachot 70:1
וא"נ כל היכי דכי מיתלי ביה במתנא אתייה אבתריה חדתתא ואידך עתיקתא
Or else, if when one holds up the strap, [the box] hangs on to it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And does not snap. o,raeu o, raeu');"><sup>1</sup></span> it is new; otherwise it is old. Abaye was once sitting before R'Joseph when the strap of his tefillin suddenly snapped.
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