Reply To: Replacing Talis and Retzuos (on Tefilin)

thinker123: I never heard of the word yiddish word “karg”. As for retzuos, which are relatively inexpensive compared to the “batim” (I think I paid $30 – $40 to replace my retzuos shel rosh), do they have to “look new”? If in your eyes they are no longer mehudar replace them. My retzuos did not have a major issue but since the sofer suggested it, I had them blackened.