For $10 you will never again lose the cover for shel yad! I have to admit that originally I was skeptical about this little rubber shel yad cover, but it
Tefillin Battim Close To Breaking
These tefillin battim are very weak on the hinge spot, which is where they bend when they are opened and closed. In the first picture you can see the bayis,
Disorganized Compartments in Tefillin Battim
This is a very disorganized tefillin shel rosh. The sizes of the different compartments are not the same, and they are not not straight. It is often in battim like this
Tefillin Battim Cracking on Bottom
This bayis is bending on the bottom in the wrong place. The hinge is supposed to be on the back of the maavarta, not on the bottom. This bayis is
Tefillin Battim Bending On The Bottom
This is a very disorganized tefillin shel rosh. The sizes of the different compartments are not the same, and they are not not straight. It is often in battim like this
Sometimes Things get a bit tricky…
A customer comes to me with a problem in ribuah (squarness) of his battim. They are off by more than a millimeter which is enough to make them posel. There
More On Starek Battim
The newspaper Hamodia had a nice ‘advertorial’ on Starik battim. I would like to offer the article, and some of my own comments as well. My comments will be in
Home Remedy For Bending Tefillin Battim
A clever customer showed me this trick for how to keep tefillin from bending on the bottom. Although some tefillin will never bend due to their great strength, other
Battim: Rebuah Regel Vs. Rebuah Yad
Rebuah Regel tefillin battim are made square by operating a milling machine powered by foot pedals. Some battim are made ‘Yad Yad’ meaning that the squaring of the battim is
Another Reason To Buy Stark Tefillin Battim
One brief comment says it all when it comes to purchasing quality tefillin battim.