Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!petsd!pesnta!hplabs!hp-pcd!daver From: daver@hp-pcd.UUCP (daver) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Kosher Mazuza? Message-ID: <11100013@hpcvrd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 22:16:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpcvrd.11100013 Posted: Thu Aug 22 22:16:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:57:09 EDT References: <3660@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-366000:hpcvrd:11100013:000:379 Nf-From: hpcvrd!daver Aug 22 18:16:00 1985 >A few things can render a Mazuza non-kosher. >The "paper" inside the mezuza must be made of real parchment, ... >The letters must be whole, not missing any parts of the letter. ... >The letters must be hand written using certain natural inks (usully >made from tannic acid obtained form gall nuts). Why (what is the source of these rules?) Dave Rabinowitz hplabs!hp-pcd!daver