Quotation for Menachot 62:3
ולא עתיקתא עתיקתא ממש ולא חדתתא חדתתא ממש אלא הא דלא אפיצן הא דאפיצן וה"מ בגידין אבל בגרדין לא
Moreover 'old' does not mean actually old, nor 'new' actually new, but the one means prepared with gall-nut juice<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In that case even though old it is strong, and will withstand any rent, and therefore it may be sewn together again. This is the interpretation according to Alfasi, Hil. Sef. Tor., and Maim. Yad, Sef. Tor. IX, 15. Rashi explains: if treated with gall-nut juice it becomes darkened and is at once regarded as old. A very difficult explanation.');"><sup>3</sup></span> and the other means not so prepared.
Shut min haShamayim
Regarding our Torah scrolls. Even though Rabbeinu Yaakov of blessed memory permits processed parchment, even without the use of gall1cf. Tosafot on Menachot 31b:2, where this ruling is cited in the name of Rabbeinu Tam, there still remains a doubt. For when our parchment is processed, it is not done with the intention of becoming a Torah scroll, and I asked whether one can recite the blessing on reading from such scrolls that weren't processed with the correct intention, or not2See Tur Yoreh Deah 271 where both sides of this debate are presented in a gaonic responsum.
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