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Double Sided Retzuos
Question: My tefillin straps were wearing down and had become narrow and stretched in places, so my Rav advised me to buy new ones. The sofer offered a choice between retzuos that are black on one side or both sides. I have a…
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Trimming Retzuos
Question: We are giving our son my late father’s tefillin . The retzuos of the shel rosh are too long. May they be shortened? Answer: There is a related machlokes regarding whether one may trim excess gilyonos from the kla…