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Question
Why does the shelrosh on one side of the Tefillin have the letter Shin with four branches and one side the normal letter with three branches?
Answer
This is a Halacha LeMoshe Misinai - a command done with no explanations, as is writen in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 32:2.
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