What is done with tefillin found in the possession of a heretic (apikoros) when the writer is unknown?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules they must be interred, not burned, because there is a doubt whether he wrote them. A separate ruling (Seif 4) covers tefillin he actually wrote. Here the doubt precludes burning.
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