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Why is there a white string sticking out of the head Tefillin?

6/18/2017

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 Actually, it is not any ordinary string; it is hair from a kosher animal. It is a Halachah transmitted to Moshe at Sinai, that all of the Parshios (Tefillin text) need to be wrapped with hair of a kosher animal. It is customary to use the hair from the tail of a calf, and the reason it sticks out of the head Tefillin is so we will constantly see it and be reminded of the Cheit Haeigel (the sin of the golden calf). This will keep us humble and prevent us from coming to sin.
The general custom is not to be too particular about how many hairs stick out of the head Tefillin, though it is preferred to have at least two.
If the hairs were never pulled out or they were but slipped back inside, the Tefillin are still kosher bedieved (when you have no other Tefillin and have no local Sofer to bring it and get it fixed). Therefore, it would be important to take care of it as soon as possible.


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Mezzerhs
11/12/2023 12:41:00 am

Thank you for this information.

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MATTHEW Ian Hauptman
11/19/2024 12:45:43 pm

IF THE THREADS OF THE CALF ARE NOT INTERNALLY CONNECTED INTO THE SHELL ROSH " ARE THE UNKOSHER

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