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Leather has played an important role in Judaism and in Jewish life.〔David Gonzalo Maeso ''Skin and leather in Judaism: Mishnaic-Talmudic and medieval ages (I-XV Centuries)'', Vic. Spain 1979〕 Many items widely used by observant Jews are made from leather, such as: *The Torah scrolls made from leather parchment it is a handwritten copy of the Torah or Pentateuch, the holiest book within Judaism. It must meet extremely strict standards of production; *Mezuzahs are pieces of parchment (often contained in a decorative case) inscribed with specified Hebrew verses from the Torah ( and ) some interpret Jewish law to require a mezuzah on every doorway in the home apart from bathrooms, and closets too small to qualify as rooms.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Which Rooms Require a Mezuzah? )〕 *Tefillin (phylacteries) are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. *Chalitza shoe is a ceremony by which a widow and her husband's brother could avoid the duty to marry after the husband's death. The ceremony involves the taking off of a brother-in-law's leather shoe by the widow of a brother who has died childless, through which ceremony he is released from the obligation of marrying her, and she becomes free to marry whomever she desires as per (). *Malkot was corporal punishment by whipping with a leather whip administered in Biblical times. ==Introduction== References to leather are found in the Hebrew Bible and Talmud. Leather was originally worn to protect against weather conditions. Over time, leather was slowly replaced by other resources as a source for garments. The first reference to leather is in the Book of Genesis that states that God gave man a “coat of skins”.〔JewishEncyclopedia.com.: ("LEATHER" )〕 In addition, the Patriarchs continued to wear the “coat of skins” throughout their rule.〔 Leather constantly surrounded the day-to-day life of the Hebrews. The discovery of tanning led to sandals, helmets, shields, utensils, mats, and skins for transporting water.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jewish views of leather」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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