Tefillin

From Halachipedia

Order of wearing Tefillin

  1. One should put on Talit before Teffilin. [1]Even if the Talit is only obligated in Tzitzit Derabbanan it still takes precedence to the Teffilin. [2]


Torah Sources

The obligation of tefillin is mentioned four times in the Torah: twice when recalling the The Exodus from Egypt:

  1. "And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did the LORD bring you out of Egypt."[3]
  2. "And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did the LORD bring us forth out of Egypt." [4]

and twice in the first two paragraphs of Kriat Shema:

  1. "And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes." [5]
  2. "You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes." [6]

References

  1. ↑ S”A 25:1 says that the Talit goes first because we want to increase in Kedusha from Talit to Teffilin.
  2. ↑ Halacha Brurah 25:7.
  3. ↑ Exodus 13:9
  4. ↑ Exodus 13:16
  5. ↑ Deuteronomy 6:8
  6. ↑ Deuteronomy 11:18
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