I don't know what this is
My late husband was raised as an Orthodox Jew. Today I decided to clean out one of his dresser drawers (which, so far, I haven't been able to do) and I found a velvet zippered pouch with the Star of David on the front and inside is what I would describe as a square piece of wood (or maybe plastic), black, topped with a second but smaller square piece of the same material. There is a slot in front of the larger piece and a very long (maybe 6 foot on each side - ?) piece of what appears to be rawhide is threaded through and tied in a sort of square knot about 8" from the "handle."
Does anyone know what I'm describing?
What is this and how to I properly dispose of it and the pouch?