[Avodah] May Kohanim visit the Rebbe's Ohel by means of a box

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:56:28 GMT
"kennethgmiller at juno.com" <kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:

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> There are other examples of new technology as well. From what I've heard, until recent decades, no one had the ability to make tefillin batim as strong as the ones we have now. But with advancements in metallurgy and other manufacturing processes, we now have tefillin that are so weather-resistant that many poskim advise us to never open them for inspection, unless there is a specific reason to suspect that they've gone bad. To me, this is a significant change to the previous halacha (2 inspections every 7 years) and it is a direct result of the new technology.

Tefilin that are regularly worn have never needed any inspection; the
requirement of twice in seven years applies to those that aren't - SA
OH 39:10.  Do Poskim say that today's Tefilin don't need checking even
in the latter case?

> Akiva Miller

Yitzhak
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