Responsa zu Schemot 19:13
לֹא־תִגַּ֨ע בּ֜וֹ יָ֗ד כִּֽי־סָק֤וֹל יִסָּקֵל֙ אוֹ־יָרֹ֣ה יִיָּרֶ֔ה אִם־בְּהֵמָ֥ה אִם־אִ֖ישׁ לֹ֣א יִחְיֶ֑ה בִּמְשֹׁךְ֙ הַיֹּבֵ֔ל הֵ֖מָּה יַעֲל֥וּ בָהָֽר׃
Nicht berühre [den Todeswürdigen] eine Hand, sondern gesteinigt oder erschossen werde er, ob Vieh oder Mensch, er darf nicht leben! Erst wenn das Horn anhaltend ertönt, dürfen sie den Berg besteigen.
Shut min haShamayim
They answered: "Now you stand here with me" (Deuteronomy 5:27) "And I shall give you the instructions and the laws that I have written to inform them" (Exodus 24:12) "Let no hand touch it, for stoned or shot" (Exodus 19:13) will be anyone who touches their words, "it is like touching the pupil of their own eye." (Zechariah 2:12) For in many places, the sages made their own laws stricter than those of the Torah. All this they responded to me.
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Shut min haShamayim
They responded: "No hand shall touch it, for he shall be stoned." (Exodus 19:13), and they continued, "The voice is the voice of Jacob and the hands are the hands of Esau," (Genesis 27:22) and it is therefore clear that it is forbidden to go out wearing them.
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