Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Menachot 69:7

א"ר יהודה מעשה בתלמידו של ר"ע שהיה קושר תפיליו בלשונות של תכלת ולא אמר לו דבר איפשר אותו צדיק ראה תלמידו ולא מיחה בו אמר לו הן לא ראה אותו ואם ראה אותו לא היה מניחו

R'Isaac said, That the straps [of the tefillin] must be black is a law given to Moses at Sinai. An objectio was raised: The tefillin must be tied with straps of the same [material as the tefillin themselves.]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., of leather; but not with strips of wool or silk or linen.');"><sup>7</sup></span> The straps may be either green or black or white; but they should not be red because it is repellent,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For it might be said that the straps had been stained with the blood of a sore or a wound.');"><sup>8</sup></span>

Noda BiYhudah I

Rashi, loc. cit.” ‘If a man overlaid [the tefillin] with gold’ The boxes containing the tfillin are disqualified, as leather boxes are a requirement, as even the straps that are wrapped (around the arm) must be from that material (lit. ‘species’ or ‘type’, meaning: leather), as was stated in the tractate ‘One (a priest) who takes a handful ‘31Menachot 35a see below note 32. ‘Or one placed upon them’: That if one makes the boxes from the hide of a ritually impure animal, they are disqualified, as was stated in the chapter ‘Eight Crawling Species32Babylonian Tractate Shabbat 108a see below’: “So that the torah of Hashem will be in your mouth”- that which is permitted to be in your mouth. “- this is the end of Rashi’s text.
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