
Hide – enough to make an amulet; parchment (thinner, processed hide) – enough to write the smallest paragraph of the four paragraphs that are written inside a tefillin; ink – enough to write two letters. Why two and not one? – Because in the Temple the beams were marked with letters, so that two specific beams would always be assembled together. Eye paint – enough to paint one eye – because in some countries women would go out covering their head and leaving an opening for only one eye.
Art: Dirck Hals - Woman Tearing a Letter
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