I received this question via email. I am not really a klaf expert, I was wondering if anyone could answer this question: Dear Rabbi Gutnick, I am writing to you because a good friend of mine has put the idea into my head that the klaf in my tefillin were not really tanned and therefore are not kosher. He referred me to Megilla 19a re diftera. From the research that I have done so far, it seems that the klaf that is used today is tanned only with a lime wash. On all of the tanning websites I’ve seen so far, they say that the lime doesn’t accomplish tanning but only the removal of the hair and some other pre-tanning effects. Would you be able to explain to me or refer me to a website that explains how the tanning process that is used today takes the hide out of the category of diftera? Thank you very much.
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ReplyDeleteOne may not sell or give a mezuza to a goi (for the intent of puting on his doorway), if there is a chashash {of aiba, see however Pischei Shearim p. 365} or sekana it is allowed - Rema 291:2 Yoreh Deah.
ReplyDeleteWe do not sell to a Goy, If we suspect we ask which Shul are they members of.
ReplyDeleteHere in London a Mezuzah was presented to the Queen. Firstly it was written without Kidush Sheimos.
It was sewn into a Silver Case and there was no Writing on the Back.
There is also a Problem selling Tallis and Tzitzis to a Goy, this is a much harder task for us.