Questions tagged [klaf-parchment]
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Authentic Q'laph for Tephilin [closed]
The Gemara describes a process for developing q'laph for tephilin. However, this tradition has been lost since then. Has there been any research on restoring the method of producing authentic q'laph? ...
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Does anyone permit writing Shir HaShirim on klaf from a non-kosher species?
A Torah, tefillin, mezuzah, and Esther scroll must be written on klaf that comes from a kosher species. See Shulchan Aruch OH 32:12 (and OH 691:1 and YD 271:1):
יהיה הקלף מעור בהמה חיה ועוף ידהטהורים
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What are these words on the back of a קלף? [duplicate]
I recently saw a piece of קלף that had these words on the back:
Note: I'm talking about the words towards the bottom of the parchment, not Hashem's name.
Notice how the words are written facing the ...
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