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*The parchment must be made from the skin of a kosher type of animal or bird and bound with kosher animal hair. (32:12)
*The parchment must be made from the skin of a kosher type of animal or bird and bound with kosher animal hair. (32:12)
*The passages must be written with intent (32:19), with the right hand (32:5), in black ink (see 32:3), and the pen should be tested before writing (32:22). They must be written by a literate, religious adult male Jew (see 32:30;39:1).
*The passages must be written with intent (32:19), with the right hand (32:5), in black ink (see 32:3), and the pen should be tested before writing (32:22). They must be written by a literate, religious adult male Jew (see 32:30;39:1).
*The  boxes and their stitches must be perfectly square.
*On the right and left sides of the head-tefillin the letter shin must be embossed.
*The straps must be black on the outside and the head tfillin should be knotted in the form of the letter dalet while the strap that is passed through the arm-tefillin is formed into a knot in the shape of the letter yod.


== Process of Putting Tefillin On==
== Process of Putting Tefillin On==