Responsa for Genesis 27:22
וַיִּגַּ֧שׁ יַעֲקֹ֛ב אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו וַיְמֻשֵּׁ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הַקֹּל֙ ק֣וֹל יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְהַיָּדַ֖יִם יְדֵ֥י עֵשָֽׂו׃
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’
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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