From the Mundane to the Sacred, Part II: When Does Klaf Become Holy?

This is Part II of our series From the Mundane to the Sacred. If you missed it, start with Part I: How Animal Skin Becomes an Object of Kedushah. In the previous article, we discussed one of the remarkable ideas behind STaM. A Sefer Torah, tefillin, or mezuzah begins with thoroughly physical materials, most obviously

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