Commentary for Shabbat 123:2
[אלא] הכא במאי עסקינן במחופה עור
But tefillin are leather-covered,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the strips of parchment bearing the Biblical passages are encased in leather capsules. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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