kuba zanav or missing shiur parsha

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  1. Rabbi Eli GutnickNovember 10, 2013 at 11:10 AM

    Someone told me that kuba / zanav does not apply to tefillin parshiyos, only mezuzah!

    Is this factual?

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  2. moshe weinerNovember 10, 2013 at 1:16 PM

    Although this law is not clearly found in regard to tefilin, there is a psak of a yerushalmi rav [I forgot the name, of his shu"t] 100+ years ago that kal vachomer kuba is pasul in tefilin, and that is the minhag of the rabonim here in Yerushalayim to passel a kuba or zanav in tefilin as well.

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  3. Rabbi Eli GutnickNovember 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Reb Moshe, is there any way you can try and find the shu"t?

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  4. moshe weinerNovember 10, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    שו"ת זית רענן חלק שני לר' משה יהודה לייב זילברברג, אחד מגדולי ירושלים, לפני יותר ממאה וחמישים שנה
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  5. AriNovember 11, 2013 at 2:38 AM

    I would have inferred that from the BY as well. Thoughts?

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