Related%20passage for Shabbat 56:5

אלא לרצועו' והא"ר יצחק רצועות שחורות הל"מ נהי דגמירי שחורות טהורות מי גמירי

But that is a law of Moses from Sinai. For it was taught: Rectangular phylacteries<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the faces of the capsules must be rectangular in shape, the whole forming a cube. ');">⁸</span> are a law of Moses from Sinal: they must be tied with their hair and sewn with their tendons.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Their' meaning of the same animal or species which furnishes the parchment and the leather. Thus they must be all of a clean animal and this is a traditional law. ');">⁹</span>

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